| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 189 pages). |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series
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Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mimesis, conflict, and crisis -- Plato's victimary culture -- Aristophanic Socrates: ready victim -- Foundation murder. |
| Summary |
When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato's Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos fig. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Socrates.
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Socrates. |
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Plato -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Plato. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Girard, René, 1923-2015.
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Girard, René, 1923-2015. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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Athens (Greece) -- History -- Thirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.C.
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Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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Peloponnesian War (Greece : 431-404 B.C.) |
| Chronological Term |
431-403 B.C |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tyrrell, William Blake. Sacrifice of Socrates. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011050523 |
| ISBN |
9781609173388 (electronic book) |
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1609173384 (electronic book) |
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9781628951264 (electronic book) |
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1628951265 (electronic book) |
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9781628961263 (electronic book) |
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1628961260 (electronic book) |
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9781611860542 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1611860547 |
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