Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture

Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. They raise enduring philosophical questions: about chaos and order; about divinity and perversion; about meaning and purpose; about the hierarchy of nature or its absence. Del Lucchese grapples with the concept of monstrosity, showing how ancient philosophers explored metaphysics, ontology, theology and politics to respond to the challenge of radical otherness in nature and in thought.

Author: Filippo del Lucchese
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 08/31/2021
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781474456210
ISBN10: 1474456219
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Ancient & Classical
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Social

About the Author

Filippo Del Lucchese is Professor in History of Political Thought at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna; Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, and Chair at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris. He is the author of Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture (Edinburgh University Press, 2019), The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli (Edinburgh University Press, 2015) and Conflict, Power and Multitude in Machiavelli and Spinoza (Continuum Press, 2009).