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Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (Paperback, New ed)
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Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (Paperback, New ed)
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This book, first published in 2000, is a full-length study of the
representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr Hesk
traces the ways in which Athenian drama, democratic oratory and
elite prose-writing construct and theorize a relationship between
dishonesty and civic identity. He focuses on the ideology of
military trickery, notions of the 'noble lie' and the developing
associations of rhetorical language with deceptive communication.
Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens combines close analysis
of Athenian texts with lively critiques of modern theorists and
classical scholars. Athenian democratic culture was crucially
informed by a nuanced, anxious and dynamic discourse on the
problems and opportunities which deception presented for its
citizenry. Mobilizing comparisons with twentieth-century
democracies, the author argues that Athenian literature made
deception a fundamental concern for democratic citizenship. This
ancient discourse on lying highlights the dangers of modern
resignation and postmodern complacency concerning the politics and
morality of deception.
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