01984nam 2200433 450 991047681430332120230512072951.0(CKB)5470000000566413(NjHacI)995470000000566413(EXLCZ)99547000000056641320230512d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSex and the Second-Best City /Kenneth Royce MooreNew York :Taylor & Francis,2005.1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages)1-135-47458-3 Includes bibliographical references.Abbreviations -- Currency ConversionPreface -- 1. Modern Theory, Ancient 'Sexuality' -- 2. The Laws in Context -- 3. Educating Magnesia: Developmental Psychology and Sex Role Stereotyping. -- 4. ANAPEIA: A Special Definition for Magnesia -- 5. Sex, the Myth of the Family and Plato's Stepchildren -- 6. A Brave New Femininity -- 7. Magnesian Moral Hygiene: Same-Sex Relations, Pleasure and Madness -- 8. General -- Conclusions -- Bibliography.Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient "sexuality" with a view to increased clarification. The text of the Laws is considered, along with many of its literary qualities, its influences and the utopian plan that it proposes.Sex roleSexHomosexualityHistory, AncientSex role.Sex.Homosexuality.History, Ancient.306.7660938Moore Kenneth Royce1357315NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476814303321Sex and the Second-Best City3363076UNINA