| Description |
1 online resource (x, 192 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Oedipus the tyrant and the limits of political rationalism -- Blind faith and enlightened statesmanship in Oedipus at Colonus -- The pious heroism of Antigone -- Conclusion: Nietzsche, Plato, and Aristotle on philosophy and tragedy. |
| Summary |
In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: should citizens and leaders govern political society by the light of unaided human reason or religious faith? Through an examination of Sophocles' timeless masterpieces - Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone - Ahrensdorf offers a sustained challenge to the prevailing view, championed by Nietzsche in his attack on Socratic rationalism, that Sophocles is an opponent of rationalism. Ahrensdorf argues that Sophocles is a genui. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sophocles. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Sophocles -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Political science -- Greece -- Philosophy.
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Political science. |
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Greece. |
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Philosophy. |
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Rationalism -- Political aspects.
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Rationalism -- Political aspects. |
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Rationalism. |
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Religion and politics.
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Religion and politics. |
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Political plays, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Political plays, Greek. |
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Politics and literature -- Greece.
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Politics and literature. |
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Spine Title |
Greek tragedy & political philosophy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ahrensdorf, Peter J., 1958- Greek tragedy and political philosophy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008037006 |
| ISBN |
9780521515863 (hardback) |
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0521515866 (hardback) |
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9780511508493 (electronic book) |
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0511508492 (electronic book) |
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9780511507045 (electronic book) |
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0511507046 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9786612058615 |
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