The sacrifice of Socrates [[electronic resource] ] : Athens, Plato, Girard / / Wm. Blake Tyrrell

• Autore: Tyrrell William Blake
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 183/.2
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Ancient
• Soggetto geografico: Athens (Greece) History Thirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.C; Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mimesis, conflict, and crisis -- Plato's victimary culture -- Aristophanic Socrates: ready victim -- Foundation murder.
• Sommario/riassunto: When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato's Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos fig
• Titolo autorizzato: The sacrifice of Socrates
• ISBN: 1-62895-126-5; 1-60917-338-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785527903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.