Courage in the Democratic Polis: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens free ebook download.

Home : Book details

Courage in the Democratic Polis: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens free ebook download

Category:
History

Views: 83
Likes: 166

Catalogue

Author(s):	Ryan K. Balot

Date:	2014	Format:	PDF	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	0199982155
Pages:	1	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
Uploader:	alex21s	Upload Date:	3/29/2020 8:19:32 AM

To download click on link in the Links Table below

Description: Click to see full description

In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens' self-image as democrats. In revising traditional ideals, Balot argues, the Athenians reimagined the emotional and cognitive motivations for courage in ways that will unsettle and transform our contemporary discourses. Without losing sight of political tensions and practical conflicts, Balot illustrates the merits of the Athenian ideal, provocatively explaining its potential to enlarge our contemporary understandings of politics and ethics. The result is a remarkable interdisciplinary work that has significant implications for the theory and practice of democracy, both ancient and modern.

Links Table

	Title	Link	Password	Size (MB)	Thank to	Inform Admin
2737660	Book	https://k2s.cc/file/34e48bee48a59...		2.00	alex21s

Tags: Athens Classical Courage Critique Democratic Ideology Polis

Title	Link	Password	Size	Reason

Those who downloaded this book also downloaded the following books:
Comments

New comment: