04484nam 2200793 a 450 991078492520332120200520144314.01-282-66570-797866126657071-4008-2558-X10.1515/9781400825585(CKB)2670000000035209(EBL)557141(OCoLC)655306308(SSID)ssj0000425393(PQKBManifestationID)11294656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425393(PQKBWorkID)10368237(PQKB)11524666(MdBmJHUP)muse36411(DE-B1597)446345(OCoLC)979725549(DE-B1597)9781400825585(Au-PeEL)EBL557141(CaPaEBR)ebr10402721(CaONFJC)MIL266570(MiAaPQ)EBC557141(EXLCZ)99267000000003520920020806d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlatonic noise[electronic resource] /J. Peter EubenCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Press20031 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-11399-8 0-691-11400-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-199) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- II. On the Uses and Disadvantages of Hellenic Studies for Political and Theoretical Life -- III. Hannah Arendt at Colonus -- IV. Aristophanes in America -- V. The Politics of Nostalgia and Theories of Loss -- VI. The Polis, Globalization, and the Citizenship of Place -- VII. Platonic Noise -- Notes -- IndexPlatonic Noise brings classical and contemporary writings into conversation to enrich our experience of modern life and politics. Drawing on writers as diverse as Plato, Homer, Nietzsche, Borges, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth, Peter Euben shows us the relevance of both popular literature and ancient Greek thought to current questions of loss, mourning, and democracy--all while arguing for the redeeming qualities of political and intellectual work and making an original case against presentism. Juxtaposing ancient and contemporary texts, politics, and culture, Euben reflects on a remarkable range of recent issues and controversies. He discusses Stoic cosmopolitanism and globalization, takes a critical look at Nietzsche's own efforts to make the Greeks speak to the issues of his day, examines a Greek tragedy through Hannah Arendt's eyes, compares the role of comedy in ancient Athens and contemporary America, analyzes political theory as a reaction to an acute sense of loss, and considers questions of agency and morality. Platonic Noise makes a case for reading political theory and politics through literature. Working as much through example as through explicit argument, Euben casts the literary memory of Athenian democracy as a crucial cultural resource and a presence in contemporary political and theoretical debates. In so doing, he reasserts the moral value of what we used to call participatory democracy and the practical value of seeing ourselves with the help of insights from long-gone Greeks.Greek literatureHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismComparative literatureGreek and AmericanComparative literatureAmerican and GreekPolitical scienceGreeceAthensAmerican fictionGreek influencesPolitics and literatureGreeceGreek literatureHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Comparative literatureGreek and American.Comparative literatureAmerican and Greek.Political scienceAmerican fictionGreek influences.Politics and literature880.9/001Euben J. Peter779758MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784925203321Platonic Noise1677111UNINA