Jon Hesk

Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 2000, is a study of the ways classical Athenian texts represent and evaluate the morality of deception.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 715g
• ISBN-13: 9780521643221
• ISBN-10: 0521643228
• Artikelnr.: 35454451

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue
1. Deception and the rhetoric of Athenian identity
2. Deceiving the enemy: negotiation and anxiety
3. Athens and the 'noble lie'
4. The rhetoric of anti-rhetoric: Athenian oratory
5. Thinking with the rhetoric of anti-rhetoric
Epilogue
Bibliography
Indexes.