Interrogating Antigone in Postmodern Philosophy and Criticism

Antigone has become a major figure in current cultural discourse thanks to the late twentieth-century interpretations by such controversial theorists as Lacan Derrida Irigaray Zizek and Judith Butler. This collection of articles by distinguished scholars from a variety of intellectual disciplines (including philosophy psychoanalysis feminism theatre and the classics) provides a postmodern perspective on the ethical and political issues raised by this ancient text and recent theatrical productions. The contributors provide an array of perspectives on a female figure who questions the role of the patriarchal state.