LEADER 03258nam 22006254a 450 001 9910451822803321 005 20210528032213.0 010 $a1-281-72995-7 010 $a9786611729950 010 $a0-300-12805-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128055 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471952 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171420 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245473 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245473 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176228 035 $a(PQKB)10675530 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420138 035 $a(DE-B1597)485005 035 $a(OCoLC)1024012431 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170828 035 $a(OCoLC)923591462 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471952 100 $a20001024d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ship of state$b[electronic resource] $estatecraft and politics from ancient Greece to democratic America /$fNorma Thompson 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (243 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-08817-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-235) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tOne. Stories at the Limits --$tTwo. Plato's Socrates --$tThree. The Rhetoric of the State --$tFour. Rousseau/Tutor --$tFive. Surveying Tocqueville --$tSix. Gertrude Stein's Socrates --$tConclusion: Redressing the Balance --$tAfterword --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis provocative and illuminating book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance). Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, Norma Thompson locates a powerful theme: that the political health of organized political communities-from the ancient polis to the modern state to contemporary democracy-requires a balance between masculine and feminine qualities. Although most critics view the Western tradition as a progression away from misogyny and toward rights for women, Thompson contends that the need for balance in the political community was well understood in earlier eras. Only now has it been almost entirely overlooked in our focus on surface indications of strict gender equality. Thompson argues that political rhetoric must once again promote the reconciliation of masculine and feminine forces in order to achieve effective politics and statecraft. 606 $aPolitical science$xHistory 606 $aSex role$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory. 615 0$aSex role$xHistory. 676 $a320 700 $aThompson$b Norma$f1959-$0859157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451822803321 996 $aThe ship of state$92475519 997 $aUNINA