Elizabeth K. Markovits

Future Freedoms

Intergenerational Justice, Democratic Theory, and Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy

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Produktbeschreibung

What do present generations owe the future? Motivated by the contemporary political and theoretical landscape, Markovits examines the relationship between democratic citizenship and time by engaging ancient Greek tragedy and comedy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 227mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781138064584
• ISBN-10: 1138064580
• Artikelnr.: 48900295

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth K. Markovits is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Teaching & Learning Initiative at Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests range from ancient Greek thought to contemporary feminist and democratic theory. She is the author of The Politics of Sincerity: Frank Speech, Plato, and Democratic Judgment (PSUP, 2008). She has also published scholarly articles on Greek comedy and tragedy, rhetoric, and on women, carework, and democracy, as well as numerous op-eds.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Intergenerational Justice and Democratic Theory 2. A Narrative Turn 3. Archê
Finitude
and Community in Aristophanes 4. Mothers
Powerlessness
and Intergenerational Agency in Euripides 5. Freedom
Responsibility
and Transgenerational Orientation in Aeschylus 6. Art
Space
and Possibilities for Intergenerational Justice in Our Time