Plato's Democratic Entanglements : : Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy / / S. Sara Monoson.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Siting Plato
- Part One. Aspects of the Athenian Civic Self-Image
- CHAPTER ONE. The Allure of Harmodius and Aristogeiton: Public/Private Relations in the Athenian Democratic Imaginary
- CHAPTER TWO. Citizen as Parrhe¯siaste¯s (Frank Speaker)
- CHAPTER THREE. Citizen as Erastēs (Lover): Erotic Imagery and the Idea of Reciprocity in the Periclean Funeral Oration
- CHAPTER FOUR. Citizen as Theate¯s (Theater-Goer): Performing Unity, Reciprocity, and Strong-Mindedness in the City Dionysia
- Part Two. Plato’s Democratic Entanglements
- CHAPTER FIVE. Unsettling the Orthodoxy
- CHAPTER SIX. Philosopher as Parrhe¯siaste¯s (Frank Speaker)
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Remembering Pericles: The Political and Theoretical Import of Plato’s Menexenus
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Theory and Theatricality
- Citation Index
- General Index