COURAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC POLIS P - Couverture souple

BALOT, Ryan K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0190879521 ISBN 13 : 9780190879525

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens' self-image as democrats. In revising traditional ideals, Balot argues, the Athenians reimagined the emotional and cognitive motivations for courage in ways that will unsettle and transform our contemporary discourses. Without losing sight of political tensions and practical conflicts, Balot illustrates the merits of the Athenian ideal, provocatively explaining its potential to enlarge our contemporary understandings of politics and ethics. The result is a remarkable interdisciplinary work that has significant implications for the theory and practice of democracy, both ancient and modern.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ryan K. Balot is Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University of Toronto. He is the author or editor of three volumes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0190879521
• ISBN 13: 9780190879525
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 426
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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