Michael A. Rinella

Pharmakon

Plato, Drug Culture, and Identity in Ancient Athens

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Pharmakon traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece, one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato, philosophy is itself characterized as a pharmakon, one superior to a large number of rival occupations, each of which laid claim to their powers being derived from, connected with, or likened to, a pharmakon. Accessible yet erudite, Pharmakon is one of the most comprehensive examinations of the place of intoxicants in ancient thought yet written.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9780739146866
• ISBN-10: 0739146866
• Artikelnr.: 29027419

Autorenporträt

By Michael A. Rinella

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - The Pharmakon
Ecstasy
and Identity Part I. Plato and the Politics of Intoxication Chapter 1: Wine and the Symposion Chapter 2: The Symposion and the Question of Stasis Chapter 3: Plato's Reformulation of the Symposion Part II: The Pharmakon and the Defense of Socrates Chapter 4: Drugs
Epic Poetry
and Religion Chapter 5: Socrates Accused Chapter 6: Socrates Rehabilitated Part III. Plato through the Prism of the Pharmakon Chapter 7: Medicine
Drugs
and Somatic Regimen Chapter 8: Magic
Drugs
and Noetic Regimen Chapter 9: Speech
Drugs
and Discursive Regimen Chapter 10: Philosophy's Pharmacy Afterword: Towards a New Ethics of the Pharmakon