Greek Tragedy And Political Philosophy

Download Greek Tragedy And Political Philosophy full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Greek Tragedy And Political Philosophy ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy

Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 193
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781139475587
ISBN-13 : 1139475584
Rating : 4/5 (584 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy by : Peter J. Ahrensdorf

Download or read book Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy written by Peter J. Ahrensdorf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 genuinely philosophical thinker and a rationalist, albeit one who advocates a cautious political rationalism. Ahrensdorf concludes with an incisive analysis of Nietzsche, Socrates and Aristotle on tragedy and philosophy. He argues, against Nietzsche, that the rationalism of Socrates and Aristotle incorporates a profound awareness of the tragic dimension of human existence and therefore resembles in fundamental ways the somber and humane rationalism of Sophocles.


Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy Related Books

Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: Peter J. Ahrensdorf
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: s
Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 205
Authors: Peter J. Ahrensdorf
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf provides a sustained challenge to the prevailing view that Sophocles is an opponent of rationalism.
The Tragedy of Political Theory
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors: J. Peter Euben
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-05-16 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book J. Peter Euben argues that Greek tragedy was the context for classical political theory and that such theory read in terms of tragedy provides a gr
Tragic Pathos
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Dana LaCourse Munteanu
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's criti
Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Tragedy
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Robert Carl Pirro
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A German Jewish refugee suffering tremendous personal and political upheaval during the years of Nazi conquest, Hannah Arendt turned to classical literature and