The Philosopher's New Clothes
The Theaetetus, the Academy, and Philosophy’s Turn against Fashion
Nonfiction, History, Ancient History
| Author: | Nickolas Pappas | ISBN: | 9781317399247 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nickolas Pappas |
| ISBN: | 9781317399247 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book takes a new approach to the question, "Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?". Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers how we identify philosophers – how do they appear, in particular how do they dress? The book moves to modern philosophical treatments of fashion, and of "anti-fashion". He argues that aspects of the fashion/anti-fashion debate apply to antiquity, indeed that nudity at the gymnasia was an anti-fashion. Thus anti-fashion provides a way of viewing ancient philosophy’s orientation toward a social world in which, for all its true existence elsewhere, philosophy also has to live.
This book takes a new approach to the question, "Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?". Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers how we identify philosophers – how do they appear, in particular how do they dress? The book moves to modern philosophical treatments of fashion, and of "anti-fashion". He argues that aspects of the fashion/anti-fashion debate apply to antiquity, indeed that nudity at the gymnasia was an anti-fashion. Thus anti-fashion provides a way of viewing ancient philosophy’s orientation toward a social world in which, for all its true existence elsewhere, philosophy also has to live.
