| Description |
viii, 264 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Classical presences |
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Classical presences.
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| Contents |
Oedipus and the political subject -- Antigone between ethics and politics -- Socrates and the analytic city |
| Summary |
"Why was Derrida reading Plato as students stormed the Sorbonne in May of 1968? Why was Foucault writing about Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus while fighting for the rights of prisoners with Vidal-Naquet? What has Vernant the resistance fighter to do with Vernant the theorist of the ancient polis? Athens in Paris explores the decisive role that ancient Greek texts and ideas played in shaping the intellectual projects of structuralism and post-structuralism. Miriam Leonard shows how French post-war thinkers such as Lacan, Derrida, Foucault, and Vernant turned to the example of ancient democracy in their debates over the role of political subjectivity and ethical choice in the life of the modern citizen. Her study highlights the impact of ancient debates about democracy and citizenship on contemporary political and philosophical preoccupations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-253) and index |
| Subject |
Political science -- France -- Philosophy.
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Greek drama (Tragedy)
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051484
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| LC no. |
2005019523 |
| ISBN |
0199277257 (acid-free paper) |
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