Plato's Invisible Cities: Discourse and Power in the Republic - Couverture rigide

Ophir, Adi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0389209309 ISBN 13 : 9780389209300

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 1991

Synopsis

Selected by CHOICE as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1992. This book provides a detailed analysis of one of the most influential philosophical works in the emergence of Western philosophy. Its originality lies in the author's discussion of the political significance of the Republic and of the relationship between philosophy and politics which it advocates. In eloquent, clear language it also examines the different spatial settings of the dialogueódrama, myth, utopia and discourseóand throws new light on the symmetrical structure of the text. The author discusses the Republic in terms of discursive events and political acts. Plato's act is placed in the context of a politico-discursive crisis in Athens at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth century B.C. that gave rise to the dialogue's primary question, that of justice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book offers an original and detailed reading of Plato's Republic, one of the most influential philosophical works in the emergence of Western philosophy.
The author discusses the Republic in terms of discursive events and political acts. Plato's act is placed in the context of a politico-discursive crisis in Athens at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth century B.C that gave rise to the dialogue's primary question, that of justice. The originality of Dr. Ophir lies in the way he reconstructs the Republic's different spatial settings - utopian, mythical, dramatic and discursive - using them as the main thread of his interpretation. Against the background of Plato's critique of the organisation of civic-space in the Greek polis, the author relates the spatial settings in the Plato text to each other. This provides a basis for a re-examination of the relationship between philosophy and politics, which Plato's work advocates, and which it actually enacted.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0389209309
• ISBN 13: 9780389209300
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 211
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible