Courage in the Democratic Polis: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens

ISBN-13: 9780190879525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 426 str.

Ryan K. Balot (Professor of Political Sc

Opis

In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to re-conceive of courage as a specifically democratic virtue.

Recenzje

This is a grand and original achievement. By examining a series of key Athenian texts from the classical period with imagination, care, and insight, Ryan Balot constructs a voice of democratic Athens that we moderns can profitably use as an interlocutor for criticizing and improving our own democratic politics in theory and in practice.

O autorze

Ryan K. Balot is Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University of Toronto. He is the author or editor of three volumes.