Plato's invisible cities [[electronic resource] ] : discourse and power in the Republic / / Adi Ophir
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| Autore: |
Ophir Adi
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| Titolo: |
Plato's invisible cities [[electronic resource] ] : discourse and power in the Republic / / Adi Ophir
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| Pubblicazione: | Savage, Md., : Barnes & Noble, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 321/.07 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political science - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Plato's Invisible Cities; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Greek, all too Greek; 2. The Problem of Justice Restated; 3. The Ideal City; 4. From Drama to Discourse; 5. The Space of Discourse; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book offers an original and detailed reading of Plato's Republic, one of the most influential philosophical works in the emergence of Western philosophy. The author discusses the Republic in terms of discursive events and political acts. Plato's act is placed in the context of a politico-discursive crisis in Athens at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth century B.C that gave rise to the dialogue's primary question, that of justice. The originality of Dr. Ophir lies in the way he reconstructs the Republic's different spatial settings - utopia |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Plato's invisible cities |
| ISBN: | 1-280-18658-5 |
| 0-203-00734-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455558903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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