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Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought - Couverture rigide

Saxonhouse, Arlene W.

 
9780226735535: Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought
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ISBN 10 : 0226735532 ISBN 13 : 9780226735535
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1992

Synopsis

This wide-ranging book locates the origin of political science in the everyday world of ancient Greek life, thought, and culture. Arlene Saxonhouse contends that the Greeks, confronted by the puzzling diversity of the physical world, sought a force that would unify, constrain, and explain it. This drive toward unity did more than value the mind over the senses: it led the Greeks to play down the very real complexities--particularly regarding women, the family, and sexuality--in both their political and personal lives. Saxonhouse opens up fresh understandings of such issues as the Greeks' fear of the feminine and their attempts to ignore the demands that gender, reproduction, and the family inevitably make on the individual.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226735532
ISBN 13 
9780226735535
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
269
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Personne responsable
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