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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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"Socrates continues to be an extremely influential force to this day; his work is featured prominently in the work of contemporary thinkers ranging from Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss, to Michel Foucault and Jacques Rancière. Intervening in this discussion, What Would Socrates Do? reconstructs Socrates' philosophy in ancient Athens to show its promise of empowering citizens and non-citizens alike. By drawing them into collective practices of dialogue and reflection, philosophy can help people to become thinking, acting beings more capable of fully realizing the promises of political life. At the same time, however, Joel Alden Schlosser shows how these practices' commitment to interrogation keeps philosophy at a distance from the democratic status quo, creating a dissonance with conventional forms of politics that opens space for new forms of participation and critical contestation of extant ones"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Gadfly explanation; 1 Introduction: Socrates in democratic times; Reconstructing Socrates; Before irony: Socrates'atopia -- Translating Socrates; 2Beyond Socratic citizenship: Transforming accountability; The torpedo fish; An ignorant schoolmaster38; Freeing the slaves; Anytus'Athens; Aporia and atopia; 3 Socrates in drag: Love beyond the polis; The erotic practices of Athenian democracy5; Subverting the erotic practices of Athenian democracy; Alcibiades and the crisis of subversion. |
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Socrates and his girlfriends: Xenophon'sMemorabiliaEmbodying philosophy; 4 Fearless speech in democracy: Radicalizing frank speaking; Parrhesiasticdialogue; Decenteringparrhesia -- The risks of fearless speech; Socrates in Aristophanes'Clouds -- Fearless speech in democracy; 5 Midwifing Athens: Socratic associations; The midwife; Gentling the Athenians; Socrates'sunousiai -- Midwifing democracy; Philosophy in the world; 6 Socrates'atopia revisited; Mapping atopia; Two apologies for the atopic Socrates; Socratesinfelix -- 7 Conclusion: What would Socrates do? |
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Self-examination and Socratic associationsCivic engagement after Socrates; The dissonance of philosophy; Works Cited; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Socrates.
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Socrates. |
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Socrates v469-v399. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical. |
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Politische Philosophie. |
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Sozialphilosophie. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schlosser, Joel Alden. What would Socrates do? 9781107067424 (DLC) 2014003204 (OCoLC)874733126 |
| ISBN |
9781316021590 (electronic book) |
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1316021599 (electronic book) |
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9781107590229 (electronic book) |
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1107590221 (electronic book) |
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9781316021712 |
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1316021718 |
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9781107067424 |
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1107067421 |
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9781107672260 |
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1107672260 |
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