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1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Political science -- Greece -- History.
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Political science. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- Greece -- History.
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Homosexuality -- Political aspects. |
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Homosexuality. |
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Sex -- Political aspects -- Greece -- History.
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Sex -- Political aspects. |
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Sex. |
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Eros (Greek deity)
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Eros (Greek deity) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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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 |
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9780521810654 |
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0511064284 (electronic book) |
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9780511064289 (electronic book) |
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0511072740 |
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9780511072741 |
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0511057954 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511057953 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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