Revivals: Of Antigone

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Presents new ways of thinking about the human and the humanities through a rethinking of Antigone. Why revive Antigone—again? And why now? William Robert responds to these questions through an inventive reading of Sophocles’s Antigone, reimagining Antigone in unprecedented ways. These new possibilities, of new Antigones, offer fresh ideas on what it means to be human in relation to others. Recast in novel roles, Antigone is brought into contemporary conversations taking place in the humanities concerning animals, biopolitics, ethics, philosophies, religions, and sexualities. Robert also brings her into conversation with Luce Irigaray in ways that illuminate Antigone and Irigaray alike, opening up new avenues for understanding them both and their potential for further contributions to the humanities. Contents......Page 8 Present......Page 10 Previval......Page 12 First Revival: Antigone the Animal......Page 24 Second Revival: Antigone the Angel......Page 56 Third Revival: Antigone the Future......Page 82 Notes......Page 94 Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted......Page 108 Index......Page 120