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Record Nr.

UNISA996209792603316

Autore

Leonard Miriam

Titolo

Athens in Paris [[electronic resource] ] : ancient Greece and the political in postwar French thought / / Miriam Leonard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75535-0

9786610755356

0-19-153502-8

1-4294-3078-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Classical Presences

Disciplina

320.011094409046

Soggetti

Political science - France - Philosophy

Greek drama (Tragedy)

Electronic books.

France Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.  [232]-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Oedipus and the political subject -- Antigone between ethics and politics -- Socrates and the analytic city.

Sommario/riassunto

Athens in Paris explores the ways in which the writings of the ancient Greeks played a decisive part in shaping the intellectual projects of structuralism and post-structuralism - arguably the most significant currents of thought of the post-war era. Miriam Leonard argues that thinkers in post-war France turned to the example of Athenian democracy in their debates over the role of political subjectivity and ethical choice in the life of the modern citizen. The authors sheinvestigates, who include Lacan, Derrida, Foucault, and Vernant, have had an incalculable influence on the direction of clas