Comic cure for delusional democracy : Plato's Republic / / Gene Fendt
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| Autore: |
Fendt Gene <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Comic cure for delusional democracy : Plato's Republic / / Gene Fendt
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 321/.07 |
| Soggetto topico: | Democracy - Philosophy |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Plato's Mimetic Art; 1 The Madman at the Door; 2 Psyche's Pharmacy; 3 Enlarging Homer; 4 Out of the Cave; Interlude; 5 From Mathematics to Social Science; 6 Polymorphous Perversity; Coda and Prelude; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <span><span>In this book, author Gene Fendt shows how Plato's </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Republic </span><span>provides a liturgical purification for the political and psychic delusions of readers, even as Socrates provides the same for his interlocutors at the festival of Bendis.</span></span> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Comic cure for delusional democracy |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-9391-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791013803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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