Plato's Utopia Recast is a reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory. The later dialogues are examined, with a special emphasis upon Plato's last works, the Laws.
Plato's Utopia Recast is a reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory. The later dialogues are examined, with a special emphasis upon Plato's last works, the Laws.
"Plato's Utopia Recast is an illuminating reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory." "Christopher Bobonich argues that in these works Plato both rethinks and revises important positions which he held in his better-know…
"An examination of how Bernard Shaw's drama Major Barbara parallels Plato's The Republic and Euripides's Bacchae and modernizes classical themes"--
"Ever since its 1905 premiere on the London stage, Bernard Shaw's controversial drama Major Barbara has proved puzzling to audiences and critics alike. More than a century later there is still wide critical disagreement about the play's meaning and the ideas it engenders. Sidney…
Plato isn't exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Plato's most important works: the Republic. At heart, K…
Plato isn't exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Plato's most important works: the Republic. At heart, K…
Plato isn't exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Plato's most important works: the Republic. At heart, K…
Plato isn't exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Plato's most important works: the Republic. At heart, K…
In this book, author Gene Fendt shows how Plato's Republic provides a liturgical purification for the political and psychic delusions of readers, even as Socrates provides the same for his interlocutors at the festival of Bendis.