Plato's invisible cities : discourse and power in the Republic / Adi Ophir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ophir, Adi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Republic.

Plato.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Savage, Md. : Barnes & Noble, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an original and detailed reading of Plato's Republic, one of the most influential philosophical works in the emergence of Western philosophy. The author discusses the Republic in terms of discursive events and political acts. Plato's act is placed in the context of a politico-discursive crisis in Athens at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth century B.C that gave rise to the dialogue's primary question, that of justice. The originality of Dr. Ophir lies in the way he reconstructs the Republic's different spatial settings - utopia

Contents:

Front Cover; Plato's Invisible Cities; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Greek, all too Greek; 2. The Problem of Justice Restated; 3. The Ideal City; 4. From Drama to Discourse; 5. The Space of Discourse; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-18658-5

0-203-00734-4

9780203007341

OCLC:

437077512