Courage in the Democratic Polis

Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens

Ryan K. Balot (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

424 Seiten

2014
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-998215-8 (ISBN)

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In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to re-conceive of courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens' self-image as democrats. In revising traditional ideals, Balot argues, the Athenians reimagined the emotional and cognitive motivations for courage in ways that will unsettle and transform our contemporary discourses. Without losing sight of political tensions and practical conflicts, Balot illustrates the merits of the Athenian ideal, provocatively explaining its potential to enlarge our contemporary understandings of politics and ethics. The result is a remarkably interdisciplinary work that has significant implications for the theory and practice of democracy, both ancient and modern.

Ryan K. Balot is Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University of Toronto. He is the author or editor of three volumes.

Chapter 1 Introduction: A Theory of Democratic Courage ; Part I: The Periclean Ideology and Its Critics ; Chapter 2 The Periclean Model ; Chapter 3 Free Speech, Democratic Deliberation, and Courage ; Chapter 4 Writing Courage into Democratic History: Aeschylean and Herodotean Perspectives ; Chapter 5 New Faces of Athenian Courage: The Pursuit of Imperialism ; Chapter 6 Democratic Courage and the Platonic Laches ; Chapter 7 Isocratean Reflections: Athens' Courage, Imperialism, and Eudaimonism ; Part II: Equality, Emotion, and Civic Education ; Chapter 8 Courage, Equality, and Military Recognition in Democratic Athens ; Chapter 9 Revisiting the <"Standard Model>" of Greek Courage ; Chapter 10 The Courageous Passions of Democratic Athens ; Chapter 11 Shame, Honor, and the Constitution of Role Models ; Chapter 12 Cocky Athenian Men? ; Chapter 13 Tragic Explorations of Courage, Freedom, and Self-Knowledge ; Part III: Athens' Ideology of Eudaimonism ; Chapter 14 Athenian Eudaimonism in Thought and Action ; Chapter 15 Eudaimonistic <"Paradoxes>" and Resolutions ; Chapter 16 Conclusion: Three Challenges ; Bibliography ; Index

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 155 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-19-998215-5 / 0199982155
ISBN-13	978-0-19-998215-8 / 9780199982158
Zustand	Neuware