The platonic political art : a study of critical reason and democracy - Wallach, John R. (University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001)
Interpreting Plato Politically -- Practical Obstacles: Moving from Here to Antiquity -- Interpretive Obstacles -- Discursive Horizons: Critical Historicism -- Historicizing the Platonic Political Art -- The Historicity of Plato's Socratic Problem -- The Practical Context -- The Discursive Context -- The Textual Context -- The Historical Socrates and the Platonic Political Art -- Interpretations -- The Political Art in Aporetic Dialogues, or Plato's Socratic Problem Amid Athenian Conventions -- Conceptual Tools -- Liminal Relations of Virtue and the Political Art -- Aporetic Treatments of the Political Art -- The Constitution of Justice: The Political Art in Plato's Republic -- The Republic as Original Political Theory -- Techne and Justice -- Platonic Justice and Democracy -- Logos and Ergon -- The Political Art as Practical Rule -- Political Leadership: On Plato's Statesman -- Constitutional Laws: On Plato's Laws -- An Appropriation -- The Platonic Political Art and Postliberal Democracy -- Dehistoricizing and Rehistoricizing Plato -- Plato in Contemporary Political Theory -- Plato and Critical Citizenship Today.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-457) and index.
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Keywords: Plato -- Political and social views; Plato; Platon, -- (0427?-0348? av. J.-C.); Plato; Democracy; Reason; Raison; reason; PHILOSOPHY; History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical; PHILOSOPHY -- Political; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical; Democracy; Political and social views; Reason; Politische Philosophie; Politieke filosofie; Democratie; Rede (filosofie)