Danielle S. Allen

Why Plato Wrote

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Produktbeschreibung

In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics. She makes the case that Plato was not only the world s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world s first think-tank activist and message man.

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Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man.

Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics
Offers accessible discussions of Plato's philosophy of language and political theory
Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011

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Produktdetails

• Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781118454398
• ISBN-10: 1118454391
• Artikelnr.: 36874782

Autorenporträt

Danielle S. Allen is UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. She is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xi
Prologue: Why Think about Plato? 1
Part I: Why Plato Wrote 9
Chapter 1: Who Was Plato? 11
Chapter 2: The Importance of Symbols in Human Life 24
Chapter 3: The Philosopher as Model-Maker 38
Chapter 4: The Philosopher as Shadow-Maker 55
Chapter 5: What Plato Wrote 70
Chapter 6: How Plato Lived 79
Part II: What Plato Did 87
Chapter 7: The Case for Influence 89
Chapter 8: Culture War Emergent 108
Chapter 9: Culture War Concluded 122
Epilogue: And to My Colleagues 143
Appendix 1: The Relationship between Paradigms and Forms 148
Appendix 2: A Second Tri-partite Division of the Soul? 154
Appendix 3: Miso- Compounds in Greek Literature 158
Notes 161
References 206
Further Reading 215
Index 219

Rezensionen

"Packed with controversial theses, engagingly and intelligently written, iconoclastic - there's not much wrong with this book as a work of ancient philosophy." (The Heythrop Journal, 4 September 2013)

"In her bold and richly absorbing study, Why Plato Wrote, Danielle S. Allen argues that the answer to why Plato wrote is also the answer to the relation between the Platonic dialogues and Athenian political life ... He may have elected not to enter the political fray in Athens as ordinarily understood, but Danielle Allen shows with elegance and scholarship that he was indeed a politicos, just as Diogenes Laertius claimed." (Times Literary Supplement, 23 December 2011)

"I have learned much from this book. It demands that we connect Plato's writing to real life in his city. Even those who do not share all its conclusions will be challenged by Allen's many original insights into how Plato used symbols to work on our intellect, our preconceptual beliefs, and our emotions." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 21 November 2011)

"This extraordinary and scholarly book takes a fascinating new look at Plato as politikos. It is a joy to read. Excellent notes, bibliography, and index. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." (Choice, 1 June 201