The sacrifice of Socrates : Athens, Plato, Girard / Wm. Blake Tyrrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyrrell, William Blake.

Series:

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Athens (Greece)--History--Thirty Tyrants, 404-403 B.C.

Athens (Greece).

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

Greece.

Socrates.

Plato--Criticism and interpretation.

Plato.

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Girard, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato's Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos fig

Contents:

Mimesis, conflict, and crisis

Plato's victimary culture

Aristophanic Socrates: ready victim

Foundation murder.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-126-5

1-60917-338-4

OCLC:

811400635