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The Republican Hero : From Homer to Batman / Michael Lusztig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lusztig, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiritual life.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Explores the question of whether heroes matter in the modern republic.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- The Book
- Introduction: Heroes and Republicans
- What Is Republicanism and How Has It Evolved?
- The Changing Face of Republicanism
- What Do Republican Heroes Do?
- The Institutional Impact of Heroes
- The Cultural Impact of Heroes
- What Makes a Hero?
- Capacity
- Estimability
- Vulnerability
- What Are the Types of Republican Hero?
- Epic Heroes
- Magnanimous Heroes
- Romantic Heroes
- Common Heroes
- What Have Others Said?
- Do Heroes Still Matter?
- Chapter 1 The Epic Hero and the Roots of Republican Governance
- The Epic Hero and the Birth of the Republic
- Nation Building: The New Republic
- The Hero and the Nobleman
- Stasis and the Emergence of Republican Institutions
- The Changing Epic Hero
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 Justice, Magnanimity, and the Republic
- Hesiod and the Cosmic Principles of Republican Justice
- Heroic Magnanimity
- The Socratic Hero
- Aristotle and Justice
- Aristotle's Great-Souled Man and Heroic Magnanimity
- Aesthetics and Magnanimity
- Hecuba
- Oedipus
- Eumenides
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3 Rome and the Limits of Heroic Magnanimity: The Great, the Greatly Good, and the Not So Good
- Cicero and Roman Civic Humanism
- Natural Goodness
- The Market for Heroism
- A Land without Heroes
- A Corrupted Republic
- Chapter 4 The Christian Hero in the Orders of Nature and Grace
- The Medieval Christian Hero
- We Have Here No Lasting City
- The Taking of the Cross
- Duality, Romance, and Love
- A Gentleman and a Saint
- The Country Gentleman
- The Puritan Saint and the Life and Death of the Godly Republic
- The Failed Holy Commonwealth
- Chapter 5 Romanticism: The Egotistical Sublime and Moral Agency
- The Nature of the Romantic Hero
- The Power of Nature
- Art: Depraved and Profound
- The Egotistical Sublime and Republican Justice
- Obligation to God
- Obligation to Society
- Social Identity and the Romantic Roots of Essentialism
- Chapter 6 God, Godliness, and the Birth of the Common Hero
- Common Sense
- The Roots of Common Sense in America: Religion and Revolution
- The Second Great Awakening
- Transcendentalism and Common Heroism
- Conclusion: A Hero New
- Chapter 7 The American Common Hero
- The Primitive Common Hero
- The New Man . . .
- ... And the New Land
- Home on the Range
- Hero and Superhero of the Twentieth Century
- The Superhero
- Conclusion: What Is a Republican Hero?
- The Singular Hero and Republican Heroism
- The Epic Hero: A Legacy of Efficacy and Ambition
- Epic Corruption
- The Magnanimous Hero: A Legacy of Rectitude and Ingenuity
- Magnanimous Corruption
- The Romantic Hero: A Legacy of Liberty, Equality, and Identity
- Romantic Corruption
- The Common Hero: A Legacy of Reasonableness and Tolerance
- Common Corruption
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438495385
- 1438495382
- OCLC:
- 1404446128
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