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The Platonic Political Art : A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wallach, John R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Penn State University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Settings
  • 1. Interpreting Plato Politically
  • A. Practical Obstacles: Moving from Here to Antiquity
  • B. Interpretive Obstacles
  • C. Discursive Horizons: Critical Historicism
  • 2. Historicizing the Platonic Political Art
  • A. The Historicity of Plato's Socratic Problem
  • B. The Practical Context
  • C. The Discursive Context
  • D. The Textual Context
  • E. The Historical Socrates and the Platonic Political Art
  • Part II: Interpretations
  • 3. The Political Art in Aporetic Dialogues, or Plato's Socratic Problem Amid Athenian Conventions
  • A. Conceptual Tools
  • B. Liminal Relations of Virtue and the Political Art
  • C. Aporetic Treatments of the Political Art
  • 4. The Constitution of Justice: The Political Art in Plato's Republic
  • A. The Republic as Original Political Theory
  • B. Techne and Justice
  • C. Platonic Justice and Democracy
  • D. Logos and Ergon
  • 5. The Political Art as Practical Rule
  • A. Political Leadership: On Plato's Statesman
  • B. Constitutional Laws: On Plato's Laws
  • Part III: An Appropriation
  • 6. The Platonic Political Art and Postliberal Democracy
  • A. Dehistoricizing and Rehistoricizing Plato
  • B. Plato in Contemporary Political Theory
  • C. Plato and Critical Citizenship Today
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover