Lisa Atwood Wilkinson

Socratic Charis

Philosophy without the Agon

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Produktbeschreibung

This work offers an evaluation of Plato's portrayal of "Socrates" in relation to models of the ancient Greek "agon", oral poetic performance, and the practices of "xenia". The author reinterprets the values of the oral tradition and xenia as non-agonistic, and shows how these values can illuminate the dramatic and philosophical import of Plato's Socrates in ways potentially relevant to current thinking about "demokratia".

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9780739167175
• ISBN-10: 0739167170
• Artikelnr.: 36549128

Autorenporträt

By Lisa Atwood Wilkinson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Gold for Bronze Chapter 1: Troubling the Agon The Myth of
the Agon The Politics of the Agon The History of the Agon Chapter 2:
Non-Agonistic Practices Who and What is Zeus? Muses Non-Agonistic Speech
Chapter 3: Xenia: An economy of Charis Gift Practices Xenia God for Bronze
Chapter 4: The "Gift" of Socrates Interregnum Who and What is Socrates?
Socrates as Gift The Economy of Philosophy Chapter 5: Socratic Charis
Poetic Charis Cephalus: A Graceful Head? Socratic Charis Epilogue -
Listening for the Tyrant Bibliography Index