Antigone's Sisters

<p><b>An original and innovative exploration of Antigone, femininity, and love in various cosmological, philosophical, and theological contexts.</b></p><p>In <i>Antigone's Sisters</i>, Lenart Škof explores the power of love in our world-stronger than violence and, ultimately, stronger even than death. Focusing on Antigone, Savitri, and Mary, the book offers an investigation into various goddesses and feminine figures from a variety of philosophical, mythological, theological, and literary contexts. The book also elaborates on the feminine aspects of selected concepts from modern philosophical texts, such as the <i>Matrix</i> in Jakob Böhme, <i>Clara</i> in F. W. J. Schelling, <i>beyng</i> in Martin Heidegger, <i>chóra</i> in Jacques Derrida, and <i>breath</i> in Luce Irigaray's thought. Drawing on Bracha M. Ettinger's concept of <i>matrixiality</i>, Škof proposes a new matrixial theory of philosophy, cosmology, and theology of love. Despite its many usages and appropriations, love remains a neglected topic within Western philosophy. With its new interpretation of Antigone and related readings of Irigaray, Kristeva, and Ettinger, <i>Antigone's Sisters</i> aims to identify some of the reasons for this forgetting of love, and to show that it is only love that can bring peace to our ethically disrupted world.</p>