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Readers of Plato have often neglected the Laws because of its length and density. In this set of interpretive essays, notable scholars of the Laws from the fields of classics, history, philosophy, and political science offer a collective close reading of the dialogue "book by book" and reflect on the work as a whole. In their introduction, editors Gregory Recco and Eric Sanday explore the connections among the essays and the dramatic and productive exchanges between the contributors. This volume fills a major gap in studies on Plato's dialogues by addressing the cultural and historical context of the Laws and highlighting their importance to contemporary scholarship. -- Indiana University Press
This three-volume work offers a comprehensive review of the pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices that comprise criminology and criminal justice. No longer just a subtopic of sociology, criminology has become an independent academic field of study that incorporates scholarship from numerous disciplines including psychology, political science, behavioral science, law, economics, public health, family studies, social work, and many others. The three-volume Encyclopedia of Criminology presents the latest research as well as the traditional topics which reflect the field's multidisciplinary nature in a single, authoritative reference work. More than 525 alphabetically arranged entries by the leading authorities in the discipline comprise this definitive, international resource. The pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices of the field are addressed with an emphasis on comparative criminology and criminal justice. While the primary focus of the work is on American criminology and contemporary criminal justice in the United States, extensive global coverage of other nations' justice systems is included, and the increasing international nature of crime is explored thoroughly. Providing the most up-to-date scholarship in addition to the traditional theories on criminology, the Encyclopedia of Criminology is the essential one-stop reference for students and scholars alike to explore the broad expanse of this multidisciplinary field.
In the "Statesman," Plato brings together--only to challenge and
displace--his own crowning contributions to philosophical method,
political theory, and drama. In his 1980 study, reprinted here,
Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to
expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that
is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealing that its
chaotic variety of movements is actually a carefully harmonized act
of realizing the mean. The original study left one question
outstanding: what specifically, in the metaphysical order of
things, motivated the nameless Visitor from Elea to abandon
bifurcation for his consummating non-bifurcatory division of
fifteen kinds at the end of the dialogue? Miller addressed in a
separate essay, first published in 1999 and reprinted here. In it,
he opens the horizon of interpretation to include the new
metaphysics of the" Parmenides," the "Philebus," and the "unwritten
teachings."
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