Aristotle's Politics [[electronic resource] ] : living well and living together / / Eugene Garver

• Autore: Garver Eugene
• Pubblicazione: Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.01/1
• Soggetto topico: Political science
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Completes a trilogy on Aristotle: Aristotle's Rhetoric: an art of character (University of Chicago Press, 1994) and Confronting Aristotle's Ethics: ancient and modern morality (University of Chicago Press, 2006) were the first two books in the series"--Preliminaries.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works -- Introduction: Aristotle's Politics: Living Well and Living Together -- 1. Book I: Slavery and the Will to Power -- 2. Book II: Aristotle's State as a Work of Art -- 3. The Justice of Book III and the Incompleteness of the Normative -- 4. Practical Knowledge and the Four Orientations to the Best -- 5. Factions and the Paradox of Aristotelian Practical Science -- 6. The Best Life and the Common Life -- Conclusion: People as Political Animals -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index of Names -- Index of Passages in Aristotle's Works
• Sommario/riassunto: "Man is a political animal," Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the Politics. In this novel reading of one of the foundational texts of political philosophy, Eugene Garver traces the surprising implications of Aristotle's claim and explores the treatise's relevance to ongoing political concerns. Often dismissed as overly grounded in Aristotle's specific moment in time, in fact the Politics challenges contemporary understandings of human action and allows us to better see ourselves today. Close examination of Aristotle's treatise, Garver finds, reveals a significant, practical role for philosophy to play in politics. Philosophers present arguments about issues-such as the right and the good, justice and modes of governance, the relation between the good person and the good citizen, and the character of a good life-that politicians must then make appealing to their fellow citizens. Completing Garver's trilogy on Aristotle's unique vision, Aristotle's Politics yields new ways of thinking about ethics and politics, ancient and modern.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aristotle's Politics
• ISBN: 1-283-34478-5; 9786613344786; 0-226-28404-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457626903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II