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

The Platonic Political Art : : A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy / / John R. Wallach.

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In this first comprehensive treatment of Plato’s political thought in a long time, John Wallach offers a ";critical historicist"; interpretation of Plato. Wallach shows how Plato’s theory, while a radical critique of the conventional ethical and political practice of his own era, can be se...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Wallach, John R.,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2015]
©2001
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: SETTING
  • 1. INTERPRETING PLATO POLITICALLY
  • 2. HISTORICIZING THE PLATONIC POLITICAL ART
  • PART II: INTERPRETATIONS
  • 3. THE POLITICAL ART IN APORETIC DIALOGUES, OR PLATO’S SOCRATIC PROBLEM AMID ATHENIAN CONVENTIONS
  • 4. THE CONSTITUTION OF JUSTICE. The Political Art in Plato’s Republic
  • 5. THE POLITICAL ART AS PRACTICAL RULE
  • PART III: AN APPROPRIATION
  • 6. THE PLATONIC POLITICAL ART AND POSTLIBERAL DEMOCRACY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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