La loucherie au pouvoir
Hellenistic kings were polygamous and then monogamous, transgressing social norms, then abiding by them. This paper aims to show that this transgression is best explained politically. King’s initial situation is representative of all power structure, but its peculiar salience depends on the Diadochs...
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Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques
2023-01-01
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| description | Hellenistic kings were polygamous and then monogamous, transgressing social norms, then abiding by them. This paper aims to show that this transgression is best explained politically. King’s initial situation is representative of all power structure, but its peculiar salience depends on the Diadochs’ special situation: setting up a new authority, leaning on the extraordinary characteristics of one man. Paradoxically, their normalization is tied to an innovation: the women’s changing role at the head of the state. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7300ab3514864655a0febaf43480f4ff2025-03-05T10:53:27ZengAnthropologie et Histoire des Mondes AntiquesCahiers Mondes Anciens2107-01992023-01-011710.4000/mondesanciens.4429La loucherie au pouvoirPaul CournarieHellenistic kings were polygamous and then monogamous, transgressing social norms, then abiding by them. This paper aims to show that this transgression is best explained politically. King’s initial situation is representative of all power structure, but its peculiar salience depends on the Diadochs’ special situation: setting up a new authority, leaning on the extraordinary characteristics of one man. Paradoxically, their normalization is tied to an innovation: the women’s changing role at the head of the state.https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/4429polygamytransgressionsexualityBatailleFoucaultprohibition |
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| title | La loucherie au pouvoir |
| title_full | La loucherie au pouvoir |
| title_fullStr | La loucherie au pouvoir |
| title_full_unstemmed | La loucherie au pouvoir |
| title_short | La loucherie au pouvoir |
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| topic | polygamy transgression sexuality Bataille Foucault prohibition |
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