Democratic Swarms - Ancient Comedy and the Politics of the People (Hardcover)

Considers how ancient Greek comedy offers a model for present-day politics. With Democratic Swarms, Page duBois revisits the role of Greek comedy in ancient politics, considering how it has been overlooked as a political medium by modern theorists and critics. Moving beyond the popular readings of ancient Greece through the lens of tragedy, she calls for a revitalized look at Greek comedy. Rather than revisiting the sufferings of Oedipus and his family or tragedy's relationship to questions of sovereignty, this book calls for comedy-its laughter, its free speech, its wild swarming animal choruses, and its rebellious women-to inform another model of democracy. Ancient comedy has been underplayed in the study of Greek drama. Yet, with the irrepressible energy of the comic swarm, it provides a unique perspective on everyday life, gender and sexuality, and the utopian politics of the classical period of Athenian democracy. Using the concepts of swarm intelligence and nomadic theory, duBois augments tragic thought with the resistant, utopian, libidinous, and often joyous communal legacy of comedy, and she connects the lively anti-authoritarianism of the ancient comic chorus with the social justice movements of today.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Page DuBois
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-81574-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
LSN:	0-226-81574-9
Barcode:	9780226815749

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