02580nam 2200601Ia 450 991046247110332120200520144314.01-62895-126-51-60917-338-4(CKB)2670000000234749(EBL)1810091(SSID)ssj0000760182(PQKBManifestationID)11451015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000760182(PQKBWorkID)10810217(PQKB)10913365(MiAaPQ)EBC3338278(OCoLC)811400635(MdBmJHUP)muse18708(Au-PeEL)EBL3338278(CaPaEBR)ebr10590995(OCoLC)923248132(EXLCZ)99267000000023474920111207d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe sacrifice of Socrates[electronic resource] Athens, Plato, Girard /Wm. Blake TyrrellEast Lansing Michigan State University Press20121 online resource (210 p.)Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-054-7 Includes bibliographic references and index.Mimesis, conflict, and crisis -- Plato's victimary culture -- Aristophanic Socrates: ready victim -- Foundation murder.When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato's Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos figStudies in violence, mimesis, and culture.Philosophy, AncientAthens (Greece)HistoryThirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.CGreeceHistoryPeloponnesian War, 431-404 B.CElectronic books.Philosophy, Ancient.183/.2Tyrrell William Blake292558MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462471103321The sacrifice of Socrates2465561UNINA