Plato's Democratic Entanglements : Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy /
In this book, Sara Monoson challenges the longstanding and widely held view that Plato is a virulent opponent of all things democratic. She does not, however, offer in its place the equally mistaken idea that he is somehow a partisan of democracy. Instead, she argues that we should attend more close...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2000.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Aspects of the Athenian civic self-image. The allure of Harmodius and Aristogeiton: public/private relations in the Athenian democratic imaginary ; Citizen as Parrhesiastes (Frank Speaker) ; Citizen as Erastes (Lover): erotic imagery and the idea of reciprocity in the Periclean funeral oration ; Citizen as Theates (Theater-Goer): performing unity, reciprocity, and strong-mindedness in the City Dionysia
- Plato's democratic entanglements. Unsettling the orthodoxy ; Philosopher as Parrhesiates (Frank Speaker) ; Remembering Pericles: the political and theoretical import of Plato's Menexenus ; Theory and theatricality.