Plato on democracy and political techne [e-book] / by Anders Dahl Sorensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorensen, Anders Dahl, 1982-

Series:

Philosophia Antiqua 143.

Philosophia antiqua ; 143

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Political and social views.

Plato--Political and social views.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

In Plato on Democracy and Political technē Sørensen argues that the question of democracy’s ‘epistemic potential’ was one that Plato took more seriously than is usually assumed. While he famously rejected democracy on the basis of its inherent inability to accommodate political expertise ( technē ), he did not think that this failure on democracy’s part was necessarily inevitable but a concept that required further examination. Sørensen shows that in a number of his most important dialogues ( Republic, Gorgias, Statesman, Protagoras, Theaetetus ), Plato was ready to take up the question of democracy’s epistemic potential and to enter into strikingly technical and sophisticated discussions of what both rule by technē and rule by the people would have to look like in order for the two things to be compatible.

Contents:

Front Matter / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Introduction / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Thrasymachus’ Challenge: Political Sociology and Expert Rule in Republic 1 / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Scientific Politics and the Power of the People: Rhetoric and technē in the Gorgias / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Democracy as Imitator: Expertise and Democratic Conservatism in the Statesman / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Athenian Measurement: Democracy and Expert Authority in the Protagoras / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Self-Refuting Wisdom: Turning the Tables on Protagoras in the Theaetetus / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Epilogue / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Bibliography / Anders Dahl Sørensen

Indexes / Anders Dahl Sørensen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

90-04-32619-7

OCLC:

956342285

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004326194 DOI