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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi CLASSICS IN THEORY GeneralEditors . OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi CLASSICS IN THEORY Classics in Theory explores the new directions for classical scholarship openedupbycriticaltheory.Inherentlyinterdisciplinary,theseriescreates aforumfortheexchangeofideasbetweenclassics,anthropology,modern literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis, politics, and other related fields. Invigorating and agenda-setting volumes analyse the cross-fertilizations between theory and classical scholarship and set out a vision for future workontheproductiveintersectionsbetweentheancientworldandcon- temporarythought. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi Antiquities beyond Humanism Editedby Emanuela Bianchi Sara Brill Brooke Holmes 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. 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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi ■ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Antiquities beyond Humanism began life as a conference, “Posthuman Antiquities,” that the three of us organized at New York University on November14–15,2014.Wewouldliketothanktheoriginalparticipants inthatconference.Wehavehadthegreatfortunetoworkwithextraor- dinaryscholarsonthisproject,andwethankallofthemfortheirincisive thinking, patience, and grace as this project made its way from idea to conferencetopublication.Wearealsoindebtedtotheoriginalsponsors for the conference without whom this project would not have been possible: the Department of Comparative Literature at NYU, the NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the Gallatin Fund for Classics and the Contemporary World, the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Science at Fairfield University, Global Research Initiatives of the Office of the Provost at NYU, Postclassicisms (supported by a Global CollaborativeNetworksFundgrantatPrincetonUniversity),theDepart- mentofClassicsatPrinceton,theNYUCollegeofArtsandScience,the NYU Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, the NYU Humanities Initiative, the NYU Office of the Dean for Humanities, the CenterfortheStudyofGenderandSexualityatNYU,theNYUDepart- mentofPhilosophy,theNYUDepartmentofClassics,theNYUDepart- ment of Media, Culture, and Communication, the NYU Department of English,andtheA.S.OnassisPrograminHellenicStudiesatNYU.For tireless organizational assistance with the conference, we thank NYU Comparative Literature’s then Administrative Director, Kit Frick, our assistant Elizabeth Benninger, Agata Tumilowicz for help on the day, videographerTiffanySalone,andAnastassiaKostrioukovaforherwon- derful conference poster and program design. We thank the three anonymousreaderswhomadeinvaluablecommentsonthemanuscript. DeepgratitudeisalsoduetoTimWhitmarsh,whoastheonememberof theClassicsinTheoryeditorialteamwithdistanceontheprojectsawit throughthevettingandeditorialprocesswithcareandprofessionalism, and to Georgina Leighton and Charlotte Loveridge at OUP, and Lydia ShinojatSPi,whohavesmoothedthepathtopublicationwithpanache. The editorial assistantship of Erik Fredericksen and Malina Buturovic has been a true sine qua non, as has Timothy Beck’s copyediting and Cashman Kerr Prince’s indexing—we thank them all. We are truly grateful to Allyson Vieira for the stunning cover image. Finally, we wouldliketothankourpartners,families,andfriendsfortheirsupport duringthemanystagesofthisproject—youknowwhoyouare. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi ■ CONTENTS LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS ix 1 Introduction 1 EmanuelaBianchi,SaraBrill,andBrookeHolmes PART1 POSTHUMANANTIQUITIES? 2 Thehumanreconceived:backtoSocrateswithArendt 31 AdrianaCavarero 3 Hearingvoices:thesoundsinSocrates’head 47 RamonaNaddaff 4 Songanddanceman:Platoandthelimitsofthehuman 63 MichaelNaas 5 Precariouslife:tragedyandtheposthuman 77 MiriamLeonard PART2 ALTERNATEZOOLOGIES 6 Aristotle’smeta-zoology:sharedlifeandhuman animalityinthePolitics 97 SaraBrill 7 Soundsofsubjectivityorresonancesofsomethingother 123 KristinSampson 8 SharedlifeaschoralityinSchiller,Hölderlin,and Hellenisticpoetry 141 MarkPayne 9 Applesandpoplars,nutsandbulls:thepoeticbiosphere ofOvid’sMetamorphoses 159 GiuliaSissa PART3 ANTHRO-EXCENTRIC 10 Hyperobjects,OOO,andtheeruptiveclassics—fieldnotes ofanaccidentaltourist 189 JamesI.Porter OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi viii CONTENTS 11 Naturetrouble:ancientphysisandqueerperformativity 211 EmanuelaBianchi 12 OnStoicsympathy:cosmobiologyandthelifeofnature 239 BrookeHolmes 13 Immanentmaternal:figuresoftimeinAristotle,Bergson, andIrigaray 271 RebeccaHill 14 Inlightoferos 287 ClaudiaBaracchi INDEX 305 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,23/2/2019,SPi ■ LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ClaudiaBaracchiisAssociateProfessorofMoralPhilosophyattheUniversityof Milano-Bicocca,Italy. EmanuelaBianchi is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature with affili- ations in Classics and Gender and Sexuality Studies at New York University, USA. SaraBrillisProfessorofPhilosophyatFairfieldUniversity,USA. Adriana Cavarero is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona,Italy. RebeccaHillisSenior Lecturer inthe SchoolofMedia and Communication at RMITUniversity,Australia. BrookeHolmesisRobertF.GoheenProfessorintheHumanitiesandProfessorof ClassicsatPrincetonUniversity,USA. MiriamLeonardisProfessorofGreekLiteratureanditsReceptionatUniversity CollegeLondon,UK. MichaelNaasisProfessorofPhilosophyatDePaulUniversity,USA. RamonaNaddaffisAssociateProfessorofRhetoricattheUniversityofCalifornia, Berkeley,USA. MarkPayneisProfessorofClassicsandtheCollegeattheUniversityofChicago, USA. JamesI.PorterisIrvingG.StoneProfessorinLiteratureandProfessorofRhetoric andClassicsattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,USA. KristinSampsonisAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofBergen, Norway. Giulia Sissa is Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University of California,LosAngeles,USA.
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