The Platonic Political Art : A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy

by: Wallach, J.R.

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The platonic political art : a study of critical reason and democracy
Author:John R. Wallach
Summary:A comprehensive interpretation of Plato's political philosophy, offering a "critical historicist" approach. The author shows how Plato's theory, while a radical critique of the ethical and political practice of his own era, can contribute to democratic discourse about ethics and politics today.

Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Introduction i
PART I: SETTINGS
i Interpreting Plato Politically 17
A. Practical Obstacles: Moving from Here to Antiquity 17
B. Interpretive Obstacles 18
C. Discursive Horizons: Critical Historicism 30
2X Historicizing the Platonic Political Art 41
A. The Historicity of Plato's Socratic Problem 42
B. The Practical Context 50
C. The Discursive Context 71
D. The Textual Context 81
E. The Historical Socrates and the Platonic Political Art 92
PART II: INTERPRETATIONS
3 The Political Art in Aporetic Dialogues, or Plato's
Socratic Problem Amid Athenian Conventions 123
A. Conceptual Tools 125
B. Liminal Relations of Virtue and the Political Art 131
C. Aporetic Treatments of the Political Art 144
4 The Constitution of Justice: The Political Art
in Plato's Republic 213
A. The Republic as Original Political Theory 217
B. Techne and Justice 234
C. Platonic Justice and Democracy 278
D. Logos and Ergon 302
5 The Political Art as Practical Rule 331
A. Political Leadership: On Plato's Statesman 335
B. Constitutional Laws: On Plato's Laws 354
PART III: AN APPROPRIATION
6 The Platonic Political Art and Postliberal Democracy 391
A. Dehistoricizing and Rehistoricizing Plato 392
B. Plato in Contemporary Political Theory 396
C. Plato and Critical Citizenship Today 410
Bibliography 433
Index 458

xi, 468 pages ; 24 cm

The Platonic Political Art : A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy

by: Wallach, J.R.

• ISBN-13: 9780271020761 / 978-0-271-02076-1
• ISBN-03: 0271020768 / 0-271-02076-8
• The Pennsylvania State University Press, Pennsylvania, 2001

Price: 28,80 EURO

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