Centaur w zagrodzie Wenus. Machiavelli i pragnienia męskości
The Centaur in Venus’s Barn: The Manly Desires of Machiavelli
Author(s): Nina Gładziuk Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Political history
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Machiavell;, masculinism; effeminacy; centaur; Circe; Venus; male desire to be unmanly
Summary/Abstract: While Machiavelli is usually viewed as the founder of sober political realism, consumedby concerns of acquiring and maintaining power, his thought is also notably masculine,replete with themes concerning male sex and gender. He condemns all manifestations ofeffeminacy and proclaims what could be called a centaurial ideal of masculinity. Gładziukargues, however, that contained in Machiavelli’s concept of the masculinum is a maledesire to be unmanly.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 136-156
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Polish
- Content File-PDF
