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Plato - Political Philosophy (Paperback)
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Plato - Political Philosophy (Paperback)
Series: Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought
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The Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought series presents
critical examinations of the work of major political philosophers
and social theorists, assessing both their initial contribution and
their continuing relevance to politics and society. Each volume
provides a clear, accessible, historically informed account of a
thinker's work, focusing on a reassessment of the central ideas and
arguments. The series encourages scholars and students to link
their study of classic texts to current debates in political
philosophy and social theory. In this authoritative general account
of Plato's political thought, a leading scholar of ancient Greek
philosophy explores its key themes: education, democracy and its
shortcomings, the role of knowledge in government, utopia and the
idea of community, money and its grip on the psyche, ideological
uses of religion. Between them these define what Plato considered
to be the fundamental challenges for politics. All remain live
issues. On all of them Plato took radical and uncomfortable
positions. The radicalism derives above all from his reflections on
the fate of Socrates at the hands of the Athenian democracy in 399
BC. So the book begins with chapters situating Plato's alienation
from contemporary politics in its historical context, and examines
at length the images of Athens and the Spartan alternative which
pervade his writings on politics. The Republic is a main focus of
discussion throughout, but ideas and arguments in many other
dialogues from Apology and Gorgias to the Statesman and the Laws
are examined. Plato: Political Philosophy assumes a broad range of
readers - with backgrounds in varied fields (politics, philosophy,
classics, history) - who may have little prior knowledge of Plato.
It articulates and analyses his main lines of thought, illustrating
them with a liberal use of translated excerpts, and highlighting
affinities with modern theorists from Machiavelli and Mill to Rawls
and Habermas. Schofield's distinctive line of approach to Plato's
problems constitutes a lucid and accessible guide for those needing
an introduction, and at the same time will provide those who know
Plato well with much food for thought.
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