The Civic Conversations of Thucydides and Plato: Classical Political Philosophy and the Limits of Democracy - Couverture souple

Mara, Gerald M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 079147500X ISBN 13 : 9780791475003

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2009

Synopsis

Argues for the contemporary importance of Thucydides and Plato for both democratic political theory and democratic citizens.

This book argues that classical political philosophy, represented in the works of Thucydides and Plato, is an important resource for both contemporary democratic political theory and democratic citizens. By placing the Platonic dialogues and Thucydides' History in conversation with four significant forms of modern democratic theory-the rational choice perspective, deliberative democratic theory, the interpretation of democratic culture, and postmodernism-Gerald M. Mara contends that these classical authors are not enemies of democracy. Rather than arguing for the creation of a more encompassing theoretical framework guided by classical concerns, Mara offers readings that emphasize the need to focus critically on the purposes of politics, and therefore of democracy, as controversial yet unavoidable questions for political theory.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gerald M. Mara is Executive Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Professorial Lecturer in Government at Georgetown University and the author of Socrates' Discursive Democracy: Logos and Ergon in Platonic Political Philosophy, als

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 079147500X
• ISBN 13: 9780791475003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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