Cinzia Arruzza

A Wolf in the City

Tyranny and the Tyrant in Plato's Republic

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Produktbeschreibung

A Wolf in the City is an illuminating study of tyranny in Plato's Republic. It argues that Plato's critique of tyranny should not be taken as a critique of the Syracusan tyrannical regime, but as part of his critique of democracy, and it offers the first in-depth analysis of all three parts of the tyrant's soul.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 148mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780190678852
• ISBN-10: 0190678852
• Artikelnr.: 52409388

Autorenporträt

Cinzia Arruzza is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. She works on ancient philosophy and Marxist and feminist theory. She is the author of Plotinus. Ennead II 5. On What is Potentially and What Actually (Parmenides, 2015); Dangerous Liaisons. Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism (Merlin Press, 2013); Les Mésaventures de la théodicée. Plotin, Origène et Grégoire de Nysse (Brepols Publishers, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Tyranny and Democracy
Introduction
Chapter 1: Tyranny in Athens: Aversion, Fascination, and Fear
Chapter 2: Plato's Tyrant and the Crisis of Athenian Democracy
Chapter 3: Tyrannical Democracy
Part II: The Tyrant's Soul
Introduction
Chapter 4: The Tyranny of Eros and the Tyrannical Man's Appetites
Chapter 5: The Lion and the Wolf: The Tyrant's Spirit
Chapter 6: Clever Villains: The Tyrant's Reason
Conclusion
References
General Index
Index Locorum