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Xenophon and the graces of power : a Greek guide to political manipulation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Swansea :
The Classical Press of Wales,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Xenophon, or the Itinerary of a Traitor?
- A Corpus in All its Fragmentary Splendor
- The Masks of a Multifaceted man
- From Charisma to Chans
- Chan's in All Its Forms
- The Limits of Analysis and Methodological Gains
- Charis and Its Challenges
- I. The Law of Charts
- A Social Norm
- A Universal Form of Anthropology
- An Immanent Model
- II. Charis and Authority
- Horizontal Exchanges and Vertical Links
- The Delicate Position of the Recipient
- On the Strangeness of Thracian Customs?
- III. Charis in Democracy
- Athens and Its Allies: Imperial Charis
- Within the City: Charis Placed Under Supervision?
- The Emergence of a Democratic Form of Charis
- Legitimate Favors
- I. Xenophon's Three Graces
- Euergetic Spending
- Honorific Distinctions
- Charismatic attentions
- II. Supreme Benefits: Feeding Bodies and Minds
- An Economy of Alimentary Charis
- Dangerous Foodstuffs?
- The Art of Dining
- From Alimentary Prodigality to Philosophical Euergetism
- III. Contextualizing Favors: The Differential Effectiveness of Gifts
- The Spirit of the Gift
- Xenophon and the Transmutation of Benefits
- From Good Deeds to Misdeeds: The Corrupting
- Power of Charis
- I. The Ambiguities of Xenia
- II. Agesilaus and Xenophon: The Incorruptibles?
- III. From Material Corruption to Spiritual Corruption
- Between Charis and Misthos: Xenophon Against the Merchants?
- I. `The Hostile World' of Goods
- Buying Gratitude and Selling Favors?
- Enslaved by Misthos: Democratic Prostitution
- Refusing Coinage, Rejecting Merchants
- The Aristocrat and the Mercenary
- II. The Ambiguous Virtues of Commercial Exchange
- Small Deals with the Market
- On the Art of Giving a Salary
- The Proper Use of Mercenary Service
- The Poroi: A Conversion to Civic Misthos}
- Charis and Envy
- I. The Omnipresence of Phthonos: The Social Genesis of a Feeling
- The Envy of the People
- `Intra-elite' Rivalries
- II. Leveling From the Bottom or Redistributing From the Top?
- Spartan Standardization
- The Benefits of Charis
- III. Phthonos and Charis: Dangerous Liaisons
- Socrates and Envy
- Self-Praise and the Jealousy of Others
- Royal Charis and the Phthonos of the Elite
- Charis and Philia: The Politics of Friendship
- I. The Debate over Philia
- Democratic and Aristotelian Philia
- Xenophon's Friendships
- II. Philia and Patronage
- Socrates and Unequal Friendships
- Crito, Critobulus, and Their `Friends'
- Philia and Public Patronage
- III. From Philia to Philanthropia
- The First Philanthropists
- Cyrus, Friend of All Men
- An Inaugural Shift?
- Charis and Paternity
- I. From Fraternal Union to Paternal Love
- Fraternity, or the Power of Solidarity
- Paternity, or the Paradigm of Debt
- II. Paternal Power: An Unattainable Dream?
- Agesilaus: A Father in the City of Brothers?
- Xenophon, or the Frustrated Father
- Socrates and the Jealous Fathers
- III. Cyrus, or the Universal Father
- From the Perfect Son to the Benevolent Father
- The Fostering Father
- Symbolic Fathers and Ideal Sons: The King and the Eunuchs
- The Graces of Love
- I. Erotic Reciprocity and Its Dangers
- Eros in the Game of Exchange
- Eros Goes to War
- II. The Political Power of the Eromenos
- From Love of the City to Love of the Leader
- Three Paradoxical Eromenoi
- III. From Socrates to Cyrus: The Rivalry of Two Graces
- Strange Beauty Contests
- Cyrus, or Prince Charming
- The Politics of Radiance
- IV. Epilogue: On the Love of Men and the Veneration of the Gods
- Power and Time: The Charismatic Paradox
- The Miscontemporary
- Philological Annex: Charis in Xenophon's Corpus.