Platonic noise
Platonic Noise brings classical and contemporary writings into conversation to enrich our experience of modern life and politics. Drawing on writers as diverse as Plato, Homer, Nietzsche, Borges, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth, Peter Euben shows us the relevance of both popular literature and ancient...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton (New Jersey) ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumario |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b1903037x*spi |
| Sumario: | Platonic Noise brings classical and contemporary writings into conversation to enrich our experience of modern life and politics. Drawing on writers as diverse as Plato, Homer, Nietzsche, Borges, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth, Peter Euben shows us the relevance of both popular literature and ancient Greek thought to current questions of loss, mourning, and democracy--all while arguing for the redeeming qualities of political and intellectual work and making an original case against presentism. Juxtaposing ancient and contemporary texts, politics, and culture, Euben reflects on a remarkable range of recent issues and controversies. He discusses Stoic cosmopolitanism and globalization, takes a critical look at Nietzsche's own efforts to make the Greeks speak to the issues of his day, examines a Greek tragedy through Hannah Arendt's eyes, compares the role of comedy in ancient Athens and contemporary America, analyzes political theory as a reaction to an acute sense of loss, and considers questions of agency and morality. Platonic Noise makes a case for reading political theory and politics through literature. Working as much through example as through explicit argument, Euben casts the literary memory of Athenian democracy as a crucial cultural resource and a presence in contemporary political and theoretical debates. In so doing, he reasserts the moral value of what we used to call participatory democracy and the practical value of seeing ourselves with the help of insights from long-gone Greeks. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Greek literature History and criticism, Politics and literature United States History 20th century, American fiction 20th century History and criticism, Literature, Comparative Greek and American, Literature, Comparative American and Greek, Political science Greece Athens, American fiction Greek influences, Arendt, Hannah, Human condition, Politics and literature Greece |
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| Descripción Física: | XII, 210 p. ; 25 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [175]-199) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780691113999 9780691114002 |
