Future Freedoms: Intergenerational Justice, Democratic Theory, and Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy

ISBN-13: 9781138064584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 184 str.

Elizabeth Markovits

Opis

What do present generations owe the future? Motivated by the contemporary political and theoretical landscape, Markovits examines the relationship between democratic citizenship and time by engaging ancient Greek tragedy and comedy.

O autorze

Elizabeth K. Markovits is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Teaching & Learning Initiative at Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests range from ancient Greek thought to contemporary feminist and democratic theory. She is the author of The Politics of Sincerity: Frank Speech, Plato, and Democratic Judgment (PSUP, 2008). She has also published scholarly articles on Greek comedy and tragedy, rhetoric, and on women, carework, and democracy, as well as numerous op-eds.