Sexual Personae : Art And Decadence From Nefert... ✔ 【Recent】

Camille Paglia’s seminal 1990 work, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson , argues that Western culture is defined by a persistent struggle between two opposing forces: the (male, rational, orderly) and the Dionysian (female, chaotic, chthonic nature) . Paglia posits that civilization is an artificial "swerve" away from the overwhelming power of nature, which she describes as indifferent and "red in tooth and claw".

: A City Journal piece that traces Paglia's intellectual evolution from her student days to her status as a media iconoclast. Specialized Analysis: Nefertiti and Androgyny Sexual personae : art and decadence from Nefert...

Camille Paglia's Ambiguous Critical Legacy - Manhattan Institute Camille Paglia’s seminal 1990 work, Sexual Personae: Art

: This Manhattan Institute article analyzes her central theory that males lead the rebellion against nature while female desire is the instrument through which nature attempts to "smother humanity in formlessness". Camille Paglia’s seminal 1990 work