The ship of state : statecraft and politics from ancient Greece to democratic America /

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Thompson provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance). Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, it locates...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Norma, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Political science > History.
Sex role > History.
Science politique > Histoire.
Rôle selon le sexe > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Political science
Sex role
Politieke filosofie.
Sekserol.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART 1. The Polis
  • Chapter Oneâ€?Stories at the Limits
  • Homer and the Origins of the Polis
  • Thucydidesâ€? Athens
  • Aristotleâ€?s New Founding
  • Chapter Twoâ€?Platoâ€?s Socrates
  • PART 2. The State
  • Chapter Threeâ€?The Rhetoric of the State
  • Machiavelliâ€?s Lucrezia
  • Burkeâ€?s Queen of France
  • Shelleyâ€?s Monster
  • Chapter Fourâ€?Rousseau/Tutor
  • PART 3. Democratic America
  • Chapter Fiveâ€?Surveying Tocqueville
  • Chapter Sixâ€?Gertrude Steinâ€?s Socrates
  • Conclusion: Redressing the Balance
  • Afterwordâ€?The Ship of State: The Political Metaphor and Its FateNotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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