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ANTIGONE, INTERRUPTED
BONNIE HONIG
CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
Preface page ix
Acknowledgments 1 xiv
Introduction
PART I: INTERRUPTION
Introduction to Part I 13
1 Tragedy, maternalism, ethics: toward an agonistic humanism 17
2 "Antigone versus Oedipus," I: feminist theory and the turn to
Antigone 36
3 "Antigone versus Oedipus," II: the directors' agon in Germany in
Autumn 68
PART II: CONSPIRACY
Introduction to Part II 85
4 Mourning, membership, and the politics of exception: plotting
Creon's conspiracy with democracy 95
5 From lamentation to logos: Antigone's conspiracy with language 121
6 Sacrifice, sorority, integrity: Antigone's conspiracy with Ismene 151
Conclusion 190
About the Cover Image 198
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Notes 201
Bibliography 279
Index 311