Towards a Genealogy of the Gender Space of Politics

Abstract

The aim of this article is to trace a logical, binary outline of the classical period of western civilization, from which the gender division of political space has emerged. This gender division has been deepened by an excluding tension which divides the polis and the oikos into two distinct spheres; these are marked by a structural asymmetry between the citizenry and female subordination. In closing, two other points will be briefly made, which are recalled by the bodily figures of Penelope and Antigone.