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Sophocles and the politics of tragedy : cities and transcendence / Jonathan N. Badger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Badger, Jonathan N., author.
- Series:
- Routledge innovations in political theory ; 48.
- Routledge innovations in political theory ; 48
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sophocles.
- Politics in literature.
- Tragedy--History and criticism.
- Tragedy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy?is an inquiry into a fundamental political problem made visible through the tragic poetry of Sophocles.?In part I?Badger offers a detailed exegesis of three plays:?Ajax,?Antigone, and?Philoctetes. These plays share a common theme, illuminating a persistent feature of political life, namely the antagonism between the heroic commitment to the beautiful and the transcendent on the one?hand, and the community's need for bodily safety and material security on the other. This conceptual structure not only helps us understan
- Contents:
- Tragic insights
- Parallax and politics in Ajax
- Death and desire in Antigone
- Friendship and necessity in Philoctetes
- Medieval visions and the early modern project
- The tragic politics of John Locke
- Karl Jaspers and the end of tragedy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-203-10340-8
- 1-299-27916-3
- 1-136-24460-3
- 9780203103401
- OCLC:
- 830161366
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