Plato's Political Thought

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-69221-3
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 193 g

Reihe: Brill

Plato’s political thought continues to be of enduring interest among classicists, philosophers, political theorists, and intellectual historians. The present volume introduces readers to the topic through a survey of important recent trends in the scholarly literature, focusing on challenges to the authenticity of the Seventh Letter; reassessments of the “Socratic Problem”; democratic readings of the Republic; and the rehabilitation of the Statesman and Laws. It provides an overview of the key methodological issues that must be addressed in interpreting the Platonic dialogues, while also suggesting directions for further research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lombardini, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 Plato, the Academy, and the Seventh Letter

3 Socratic Politics and the Socrates Problem

4 Plato as Social Critic: the Republic

5 Beyond the Republic: the Statesman and Laws

6 Conclusion

6 Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Lombardini, Ph.D. (2009), Princeton University, is the Weingartner Associate Professor of Government and Affiliate Faculty in Classical Studies at William & Mary. His previous monograph, The Politics of Socratic Humor, was published by the University of California Press in 2018.