Plato’s Beautiful City and the Essence of Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This inquiry attempts to probe the essence of politics in-itself, something that has been singularly discerned by Plato in Republic, grounded in his theory of universal forms and gradually but fully developed through a consideration of the elements of the City in Speech. Those elements, and the ideal city itself as envisioned in Republic, are immanent within the Second Best City of the Laws, even though presented in a modified way. Plato's Statesman will also be discussed as a means to further illustrate Plato's commitment to the principles conveyed in Republic. This project rests on the premise that Plato's intelligible city is genuinely intended to convey Plato’s full understanding of the real essence of the polis, not simply the arena of political behavior and governance as we have come to know it, but the essence of what politics universally means and what a political community should objectively seek.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-20
Mått:154 x 219 x 23 mm
Vikt:458 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793602527

Utforska kategorier

Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Scott John Hammond is professor of political theory at James Madison University.

Recensioner i media

This book is a. . . thoughtful study of Plato on political life as presented in "The Republic," "The Laws," and "The Statesman," and as discussed in much contemporary secondary literature. The author has three major themes: the Platonic teaching on the eternal essence of politics is as relevant today as in Plato’s time; the teaching of "The Republic" on the best city is fully compatible and consistent with the teaching on the second best city of "The Laws"; some of the ideas of "The Republic" and especially "The Laws" contain democratic features (versus the views of Gregory Vlastos, among others). . . Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One Drawing Further Meaning from Cephalus and PolemarchusChapter Two Making Thrasymachus BlushChapter Three Sons of AristonChapter Four The True CityChapter Five The True City Embodied in the GuardiansChapter Six Rough SeasChapter Seven Building a Theory from an AccountChapter Eight The Second Best CityChapter Nine The Form of the Polis in the Second Best City: The VisibleChapter Ten The Form of the Polis in the Second Best City: The Invisible