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David Roochnik - Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato´s Republic - 9780801440878 - V9780801440878
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Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato´s Republic

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Description for Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato´s Republic Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 charts/graphs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.

To the vast literature on Plato's Republic comes a new interpretation. In Beautiful City, David Roochnik argues convincingly that Plato's masterpiece is misunderstood by modern readers. The work must, he explains, be read dialectically, its parts understood as forming a unified whole. Approached in this way, the text no longer appears to defend an authoritarian and monolithic political system, but rather supplies a qualified defense of democracy and the values of diversity.

Writing in clear and straightforward prose, Roochnik demonstrates how Plato's treatment of the city and the soul evolves throughout the dialogue and can be appreciated only by considering ... Read more

Beautiful City is certain to be controversial, as the author's insights and opinions will engage and challenge philosophers, classicists, and political theorists.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801440878
SKU
V9780801440878
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13

About David Roochnik
David Roochnik is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He is the author of The Tragedy of Reason: Towards a Platonic Conception of Logos and Of Art and Wisdom: Plato's Understanding of Techne.

Reviews for Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato´s Republic
Does Plato's Republic defend an authoritarian and monistic political system?... All of us (historians, political philosophers, classicists) who are rather ill-disposed toward the political implications in Plato's book should read David Roochnik's rebuttal of this standard view.... I can warmly recommend this book to utopian scholars who want to have a knowledgeable and insightful guide to the complex dialectical drama ... Read more

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