LEADER 04484nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910784925203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-66570-7 010 $a9786612665707 010 $a1-4008-2558-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825585 035 $a(CKB)2670000000035209 035 $a(EBL)557141 035 $a(OCoLC)655306308 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425393 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294656 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425393 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10368237 035 $a(PQKB)11524666 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36411 035 $a(DE-B1597)446345 035 $a(OCoLC)979725549 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825585 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402721 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL266570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557141 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000035209 100 $a20020806d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlatonic noise$b[electronic resource] /$fJ. Peter Euben 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11399-8 311 $a0-691-11400-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-199) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tI. Introduction -- $tII. On the Uses and Disadvantages of Hellenic Studies for Political and Theoretical Life -- $tIII. Hannah Arendt at Colonus -- $tIV. Aristophanes in America -- $tV. The Politics of Nostalgia and Theories of Loss -- $tVI. The Polis, Globalization, and the Citizenship of Place -- $tVII. Platonic Noise -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aPlatonic 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. 606 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComparative literature$xGreek and American 606 $aComparative literature$xAmerican and Greek 606 $aPolitical science$zGreece$zAthens 606 $aAmerican fiction$xGreek influences 606 $aPolitics and literature$zGreece 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComparative literature$xGreek and American. 615 0$aComparative literature$xAmerican and Greek. 615 0$aPolitical science 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xGreek influences. 615 0$aPolitics and literature 676 $a880.9/001 700 $aEuben$b J. Peter$0779758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784925203321 996 $aPlatonic Noise$91677111 997 $aUNINA