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Author Ludwig, Paul W. (Paul Walter), 1963-

Title Eros and polis : desire and community in Greek political theory / Paul W. Ludwig.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-392) and index.
Contents Part I. Political eros: an account from the Symposium -- Statesmanship and sexuality in Aristophanes' speech -- Law and nature in Aristophanes' speech -- Part II. The discourse of political eros -- Scientific and poetic traditions of eros in Thucydides -- Problem of aggression -- Problem of sublimation -- Part III. The Polis as a school for eros -- Civic nudity -- Patriotism and imperialism as eros.
Summary Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this study, Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love, and civic friendship as sources of political attachment, and as bonds of political association.
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Subject Political science -- Greece -- History.
Political science.
Greece.
History.
Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- Greece -- History.
Homosexuality -- Political aspects.
Homosexuality.
Sex -- Political aspects -- Greece -- History.
Sex -- Political aspects.
Sex.
Eros (Greek deity)
Eros (Greek deity)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Homosexuality.
Other Form: Print version: Ludwig, Paul W. (Paul Walter), 1963- Eros and polis. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2002071566
ISBN 0521810655
9780521810654
0511064284 (electronic book)
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0511072740
9780511072741
0511057954 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511057953 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)