Feministička filozofkinja na rubu istorije: Ksenija Atanasijević i antička filozofija
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHER ON THE FRINGE OF HISTORY: KSENIJA ATANASIJEVIĆ AND ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY

Author(s): Katarina Lončarević
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Gender history, Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Ksenija Atanasijević; feminist philosophy; feminist history of philosophy; ancient Greek philosophy; philosophical canon
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the usually neglected aspect of Ksenija Atanasijević’s philosophical work, i.e., with her feminist rereading and analyses of ancient Greek philosophy. I argue that four short Atanasijević’s essays written between 1923 and 1927 represent the important precursors of the second wave feminist critique of and interventions into the philosophical canon, and, further I provide a critical analysis of Atanasijević’s work during this period acknowledging the fact that these essays show more or less fragmented and not systematic effort by Atanasijević as an expert in the ancient Greek philosophy. The necessary attention is paid to her need to write for feminist and not only academic audience, so her feminist engagements with the history of ancient philosophy can be seen as unprecedented in the region at the time. Finally, I provide a comparative analysis of Atanasijević’s essay devoted to ancient Greek women philosophers, published in 1924 and a similar effort by Kathleen Wider published in 1986, with an aim to emphasize the similarity of the theses and conclusions developed by these two authors working in different times with different available resources.

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