| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) |
| Series |
The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Contents |
Aristophanes and Socratic mockery -- Plato and Socratic eironeia -- Xenophon, Socratic mockery, and Socratic irony -- Aristotle, eutrapelia, and Socratic eironeia -- Socratic humor in the Hellenistic period |
| Summary |
"Was Socrates an ironist? Did he mock his interlocutors, and in doing so, show disdain for both them and the institutions of Athenian democracy? These questions were debated with great seriousness by generations of ancient Greek writers and helped to define a primary strand of the western tradition of political thought. Reconstructing these debates, The Politics of Socratic Humor compares the very different interpretations of Socrates developed by his followers--such diverse thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Aristophanes, and the Hellenistic Philosophers--to explore the deep ethical and political dimensions of Socratic humor, and its implications for civic identity, democratic speech, and political cooperation. Irony has long been seen as one of Socrates' most characteristic features, but as Lombardini shows, irony is only one part of a much larger toolkit of Socratic humor, the broader intellectual context of which must be better understood if we are to appropriate Socratic thought for our own modern ends."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2018) |
| Subject |
Socrates
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| SUBJECT |
Socrates fast |
| Subject |
Greek wit and humor -- Political aspects
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Irony -- Political aspects
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Greek wit and humor -- Philosophy
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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Irony -- Political aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018016651 |
| ISBN |
9780520964914 |
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0520964918 |
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