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- Title
TOPLUMSAL BİR SÖZLEŞME ÖRNEĞİ OLARAK ANALIK HAKKINDAN BABALIK HAKKINA GEÇİŞ: AESCHYLUS'IN EUMENİDES'İ VE J. J. BACHOFEN TARAFINDAN ELE ALINIŞI.
- Authors
ÖZEL ÇİÇEK, Betül
- Abstract
The claim that human societies were matriarchal in prehistory was first comprehensively and systematically expressed by the Swiss lawyer and historian of Roman law, Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815-1887). Bachofen deliberated this claim based on the view that human history also progressed with evolutionary development. According to Bachofen, humanity has moved from mother-right to father-right, from sensual pleasure to rational principles, from disorder to systematic formations, from polytheism to monotheism; and the basis of these developments is the consensus on the supremacy of the paternal right. Bachofen chose law as the ground on which to base his theory, he built on this ground using myths for which he greatly benefited from the classical education he received. He used ancient Greek and Roman mythology, especially tragedies. In particular, he focused on Eumenides, the last play of Aeschylus's tragedy Oresteia, and argued that the court scene at the end of Eumenides indicates a transformation that would be a manifestation of a social agreement. This agreement takes place between the old and the new gods, between humans and gods, and ultimately between humans and humans, and marks the transition from mother-right to father-right. According to Bachofen, the basis of this transition is the abandonment of an irregular and personal pursuit of rights, an individual quest for revenge, and the social acceptance of a public legal system. In this study, Bachofen's maternal right theory will be explored through the author's presentation of the transition from maternal right to paternal right in Eumenides, and his interpretation of the court scene at the end of Eumenides as an indicator of social consensus and acceptance of the transition from mother-right to the father-right will be examined.
- Publication
Academic Journal of Philosophy / Felsefi Düşün, 2022, Issue 19, p367
- ISSN
2148-0958
- Publication type
Article