Danielle S. Allen

Why Plato Wrote (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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

• Verlag: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444351910
• Artikelnr.: 37341098

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 andintelligently written, iconoclastic - there's not muchwrong 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, DanielleS. Allen argues that the answer to why Plato wrote is also theanswer to the relation between the Platonic dialogues and Athenianpolitical life ... He may have elected not to enter the politicalfray in Athens as ordinarily understood, but Danielle Allen showswith elegance and scholarship that he was indeed a politicos, justas Diogenes Laertius claimed." (Times Literary Supplement,23 December 2011)

"I have learned much from this book. It demands that we connectPlato's writing to real life in his city. Even those who do notshare all its conclusions will be challenged by Allen's manyoriginal insights into how Plato used symbols to work on ourintellect, our preconceptual beliefs, and our emotions." (BrynMawr Classical Review, 21 November 2011)

"This extraordinary and scholarly book takes a fascinating newlook at Plato as politikos. It is a joy to read. Excellent notes,bibliography, and index. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-levelundergraduates through faculty/researchers." (Choice, 1 June2011)

"In this groundbreaking book Danielle Allen gives us Platofor the 21st century: a boldly pragmatic and fiercely politicalphilosopher, a 'legislator of the world' whose vividwriting reframed the moral practices of real communities, aprovocative and successful linguistic entrepreneur whose Socraticdialogues sparked a culture war that defined Athenian politics inthe Age of Alexander. Compelling reading for anyone who carespassionately about philosophy, politics, or classicalGreece."
Josiah Ober, Stanford University

"Why Plato Wrote is a deep and original work ofscholarship, a model of how the history of political philosophyshould be studied, and a pleasure to read."
Richard Kraut, Northwestern University

"Allen finds Plato to have invented himself as a writerin order to use language as a route to social change. Thesimple question 'why Plato wrote' unlocks a key to Plato'spolitical thought which no future scholar will be able to dowithout."
Melissa Lane, Princeton University