Prudes, Perverts, and Tyrants : : Plato's Gorgias and the Politics of Shame / / Christina H. Tarnopolsky.
In recent years, most political theorists have agreed that shame shouldn't play any role in democratic politics because it threatens the mutual respect necessary for participation and deliberation. But Christina Tarnopolsky argues that not every kind of shame hurts democracy. In fact, she makes...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. Plato’S Gorgias and the Athenian Politics of Shame
- Chapter One. Shame and Rhetoric in Plato’s Gorgias
- Chapter Two. Shaming Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles
- Chapter Three. Plato on Shame in Democratic Athens
- Chapter Four. Socratic vs. Platonic Shame
- Part Two. Plato’s Gorgias and the Contemporary Politics of Shame
- Chapter Five. Prudes, Perverts, and Tyrants: Plato and the Contemporary Politics of Shame and Civility
- Chapter Six. What’s so Negative about the “Negative” Emotions?
- Bibliography
- Index