PLATO AND THE FEMINISM

Abstract

In this text, based on the parts of the Republic, author is dealing with two dominantfeminist interpretations of Plato who is considered to be the fi rst feminist thinker, on theone hand, or a misogynist, on the other. Although this interpretations are polarised, and, onthe fi rst glance, they represent extremly different views, intention of the author is to show thattheir origin is monofi letic, ie. it derives from their hronocentrism. Thus the historical position ofPlato`s philosophy is neglected, and they prelude a pseudo-methodological space for pluralityof interpretations from the utopian point of view. Feminists, like some other philosophers andcommon sense thinkers, due to those kinds of standpoins are dislocating Plato`s Republik into thesphere of utopian thought and the consecvence is degradation of precision in his philosophy to alevel of some kind of an inspirational imaginarium. However, in those surveys Plato`s thought isrepresented like a pure autorefl ection of their own standpoints, strategies, goals and distinctionswhich are immanent only to themselves and which are the features of contemporary experiencein considering women emancipation and emancipation of the mankind in general. Further in thetext author is trying to point out the relevance of the philosophical interpretations in the history ofphilosophical systems in general, and to clarify spirit of time, which, when it comest to women,contextualised Plato`s philosophy enclosing its own events and demands.