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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 May 2024
- ISBN 9780198865445
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 220x140x15 mm
- Weight 414 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 black-and-white figures 720
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Short description:
In this volume Capra and Graziosi translate Luigi Settembrini's The Neoplatonists into English for the first time. They relate the tale to his life experiences, his political commitments, and his work as a classical scholar, offering a reassessment of the history of Italian sexuality, revolutionary thinking, and classical scholarship.
MoreLong description:
Capra and Graziosi intervene in current debates about classics and its relation to revolutionary ruptures, nationalist movements, and identity politics today. They begin with The Neoplatonists, an explicit love story posing as the work of an imaginary ancient Greek author, but actually written by the Neapolitan revolutionary and classical scholar Luigi Settembrini (1813-1876).
Offering the first English translation of the tale&&&8212which, because of its celebration of homosexuality, long remained censored and unpublished&&&8212they read it in the context of Settembrini's life, scholarship, and revolutionary politics. Drawing strength from his legacies, Capra and Graziosi go on to tackle the nostalgias of post-truth politics today, demonstrating the queer, reparative potential of various strands of classical scholarship. On the basis of archival research, combined with literary and philosophical analysis, they argue that a commitment to social justice and an investment in the study of Greco-Roman antiquity can&&&8212and even should&&&8212be rooted in egalitarian, embodied, and joyous forms of love.
Classics, Love, Revolution: The Legacies of Luigi Settembrini offers a reassessment of Italian homosexuality, insurgence, and scholarship, while telling a moving story of love and resilience along the way.
Postclassical Interventions aims to reorient the meaning of antiquity across and beyond the humanities. Building on the success of Classical Presences, this complementary series features shorter-length monographs designed to provoke debate about the current and future potential of Classical Reception through fresh, bold, and critical thinking.
Table of Contents:
Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Truth and Fakery
The Discovery
The Intervention
Part I: Autobiography and Revolution
Luigi Settembrini, According to Himself
Luigi Settembrini, According to His Wife
Revolutionary Heroes and Italian Men
Part II: Platonic Fictions
The Dialogue on Women
The Neoplatonists
How to Live and How to Read
Part III: The Neoplatonists: English Translation and Notes
The Neoplatonists by Aristaeus of Megara
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
