Sonja Tanner

In Praise of Plato's Poetic Imagination

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role Plato accords to imagination in the ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy. Claiming that the function of imagination evokes a realm of praxis within Plato's dialogues heretofore largely unrecognized, this book offers an interpretation of Plato that challenges the more orthodox view in which poetry and the arts are denigrated, and indeed, seen as eradicable from the dialogues altogether.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780739143391
• ISBN-10: 0739143395
• Artikelnr.: 34160239

Autorenporträt

By Sonja Tanner

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1. A History of the Ancient Quarrel?The Philosophical
Side Chapter 2. On the Side of Poetry in the Ancient Quarrel Chapter 3:
Imagination in the Sophist Chapter 4. The Pharmacological Structure of the
Imagination Chapter 5. The Unity of Form and Content in Platonic Dialogues
Chapter 6. Imagination and the Ancient Quarrel