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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Balot, Ryan Krieger (1969-....)
Titre(s) : Courage in the Democratic Polis [Texte imprimé] : ideology and critique in classical Athens / Ryan K. Balot
Publication : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Description matérielle : xiv, 408 pages ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction : a theory of democratic courage ; The Periclean ideology and its critics.
The Periclean model ; Free speech, democratic deliberation, and courage ; Writing
courage into democratic history : Aeschylean and Herodotean perspectives ; New faces
of Athenian courage : the pursuit of imperialism ; Democratic courage and the Platonic
Laches ; Isocratean reflections : Athens's courage, imperialism, and Eudaimonism
; Equality, emotion, and civic education. Courage, equality, and military recognition
in democratic Athens ; Revisiting the "standard model" of Greek courage ; The courageous
passions of democratic Athens ; Shame, honor, and the constitution of role models
; Cocky Athenian men? ; Tragic explorations of courage, freedom, and practical reason
; Athens's ideology of Eudaimonism. Athenian Eudaimonism in thought and action ; Eudaimonistic
"paradoxes" and resolutions ; Conclusion : three challenges.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-283) and indexes
Brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order
to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic value, linked to ideals such as
freedom, equality, and rationality, and with implications for the conduct of war,
gender relations, and citizens' self-image as democrats
Sujet(s) : Courage -- Antiquité
Démocratie -- Athènes (Grèce) -- Antiquité
Politique et gouvernement -- Athènes (Grèce) -- Antiquité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199982158 (hbk.). - ISBN 0199982155 (hbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43834918d
Notice n° :
FRBNF43834918
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