LEADER 04374nam 22006614a 450 001 9910816905403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-0547-3 010 $a1-282-76712-7 010 $a9786612767128 010 $a1-4008-2374-9 010 $a1-4008-1272-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823741 035 $a(CKB)111056486503592 035 $a(EBL)617325 035 $a(OCoLC)705530963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222562 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221240 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222562 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10168836 035 $a(PQKB)11373554 035 $a(OCoLC)51533673 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36142 035 $a(DE-B1597)446239 035 $a(OCoLC)979910613 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823741 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617325 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035850 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617325 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486503592 100 $a19991020d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlato's democratic entanglements $eAthenian politics and the practice of philosophy /$fS. Sara Monoson 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15858-4 311 $a0-691-04366-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction. Siting Plato --$tPart One. Aspects of the Athenian Civic Self-Image --$tCHAPTER ONE. The Allure of Harmodius and Aristogeiton: Public/Private Relations in the Athenian Democratic Imaginary --$tCHAPTER TWO. Citizen as Parrhe¯siaste¯s (Frank Speaker) --$tCHAPTER THREE. Citizen as Erast?s (Lover): Erotic Imagery and the Idea of Reciprocity in the Periclean Funeral Oration --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Citizen as Theate¯s (Theater-Goer): Performing Unity, Reciprocity, and Strong-Mindedness in the City Dionysia --$tPart Two. Plato's Democratic Entanglements --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Unsettling the Orthodoxy --$tCHAPTER SIX. Philosopher as Parrhe¯siaste¯s (Frank Speaker) --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Remembering Pericles: The Political and Theoretical Import of Plato's Menexenus --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. Theory and Theatricality --$tCitation Index --$tGeneral Index 330 $aIn this book, Sara Monoson challenges the longstanding and widely held view that Plato is a virulent opponent of all things democratic. She does not, however, offer in its place the equally mistaken idea that he is somehow a partisan of democracy. Instead, she argues that we should attend more closely to Plato's suggestion that democracy is horrifying and exciting, and she seeks to explain why he found it morally and politically intriguing. Monoson focuses on Plato's engagement with democracy as he knew it: a cluster of cultural practices that reach into private and public life, as well as a set of governing institutions. She proposes that while Plato charts tensions between the claims of democratic legitimacy and philosophical truth, he also exhibits a striking attraction to four practices central to Athenian democratic politics: intense antityrantism, frank speaking, public funeral oratory, and theater-going. By juxtaposing detailed examination of these aspects of Athenian democracy with analysis of the figurative language, dramatic structure, and arguments of the dialogues, she shows that Plato systematically links democratic ideals and activities to philosophic labor. Monoson finds that Plato's political thought exposes intimate connections between Athenian democratic politics and the practice of philosophy. Situating Plato's political thought in the context of the Athenian democratic imaginary, Monoson develops a new, textured way of thinking of the relationship between Plato's thought and the politics of his city. 606 $aDemocracy$zGreece$zAthens$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory. 676 $a320.438/5 700 $aMonoson$b Susan Sara$f1960-$0779722 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816905403321 996 $aPlato's democratic entanglements$91677240 997 $aUNINA