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Do you believe in love at first sight? The Greeks and the Romans certainly did. But far from enjoying this romantic moment carefree, they saw it as a cruel experience and an infection. Then what are the symptoms of falling in love? Are there any remedies? Any form of immunity? T…
"What is the strange eros that haunts Foucault's writing? In this deeply original consideration of Foucault's erotic ethics, Lynne Huffer provocatively rewrites Foucault as a Sapphic poet. She uncovers eros as a mode of thought that erodes the interiority of the thinking subject…
"In an original argument, Ulrika Carlsson grasps hold of the figure of Eros that haunts Søren Kierkegaard's The Concept of Irony, and for the first time, uses it as a key to interpret both that text and the philosopher's second book, Either/Or. In an illuminating analysis, Carls…
'The Passionate Statesman' explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch's 'Lives', with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity.
"The Passionate Statesman explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of eros, or erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity. Using …
This dissertation comprises a study of the concept of desire in the thought of Jacques Lacan. The project identifies and explains the philosophical implications of Lacanian “Erotology,” the logos of eros, the logic of desire, as it is developed in Lacan’s thinking, writing, and …
Throughout history, musical aesthetics has been characterized by binary oppositions. For example, some argue music’s expressivity is rooted in its internal, formal configurations while others do so by pointing to music’s representational qualities. Or some emphasize music's sens…
The Fourth Gospel presents the doctrine of love by repeating the terms for love, such as agape and philos , and their cognate verbs. The Gospel further enriches the doctrine by adopting metaphors and symbols that signify love, lovers, and/or love deities in the first-century Med…
This dissertation is concerned with the fate of the dark aspects of the divine feminine, as represented by the goddess Isis, after Christianity obtained its monopoly on European religion. Despite ecclesiastical attempts at extirpation, the goddesses of the pagan religions did no…