{"product_id":"the-feminine-symptom-aleatory-matter-in-the-aristotelian-cosmos-9780823262182","title":"The Feminine Symptom: Aleatory Matter in the Aristotelian Cosmos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first English-language study of Aristotle's natural philosophy from a continental perspective, the Feminine Symptom takes as its starting point the problem of female offspring. If form is transmitted by the male and the female provides only matter, how is a female child produced? Aristotle answers that there must be some fault or misstep in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis inexplicable but necessary coincidence--sumptoma in Greek--defines the feminine symptom. Departing from the standard associations of male-activity-form and female-passivity-matter, Bianchi traces the operation of chance and spontaneity throughout Aristotle's biology, physics, cosmology, and metaphysics and argues that it is not passive but aleatory matter-- unpredictable, ungovernable, and acting against nature and teleology--that he continually allies with the feminine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAristotle's pervasive disparagement of the female as a mild form of monstrosity thus works to shore up his polemic against the aleatory and to consolidate patriarchal teleology in the face of atomism and Empedocleanism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBianchi concludes by connecting her analysis to recent biological and materialist political thinking, and makes the case for a new, antiessentialist politics of aleatory feminism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emanuela Bianchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Initiative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823262182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmanuela Bianchi\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University. She is the editor of Is Feminism Philosophy Philosophy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Language Initiative","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43467024105587,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":134.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dac02ab7-bb79-49ce-8c0a-36c5490d9ef7.jpg?v=1755001312","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-feminine-symptom-aleatory-matter-in-the-aristotelian-cosmos-9780823262182","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}