Plato and Aristophanes: Comedy, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Just Life, Marina Marren

Автор: Marren Marina
Название: Plato and Aristophanes: Comedy, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Just Life
ISBN: 0810144182 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780810144187
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In Plato and Aristophanes, Marina Marren contends that our search for communal justice must start with self-examination. The realization that there are things that we cannot know about ourselves unless we become the subject of a joke is integral to such self-scrutiny. Jokes provide a new perspective on our politics and ethics; they are essential to our civic self-awareness.   Marren makes this case by delving into Plato’s Republic, a foundational work of political philosophy. While the Republic straightforwardly condemns the decadence and greed of a tyrant, Plato’s attack on political idealism is both solemn and comedic. In fact, Plato draws on the same comedic stock and tropes as Aristophanes’s plays. Marren’s book strikes up an innovative conversation between three works by Aristophanes—Assembly Women, Knights, and Birds—and Plato’s philosophy, prompting important questions about individual convictions and one’s personal search for justice. These dialogic works offer critiques of tyranny that are by turns brilliant, scathing, and exuberant, making light of faults and ideals alike. Philosophical comedy exposes despotism in individuals as well as systems of government claiming to be just and good. This critique holds as much bite against contemporary injustices as it did at the time of Aristophanes and Plato.   An ingenious new work by an emerging scholar, Plato and Aristophanes shows that comedy—in tandem with philosophy and politics—is essential to self-examination. And without such examination, there is no hope for a just life.

Автор: Freydberg Bernard
Название: Philosophy & Comedy: Aristophanes, Logos, and Eros
ISBN: 0253219701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253219701
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: Aristophanes' comedies have stood the test of time as some of the greatest comic literature ever produced. While there have been numerous commentaries on Aristophanes and his world, until now there has been no systematic philosophical treatment of his comedies. In Philosophy and Comedy, Bernard Freydberg illuminates the philosophical insights in Aristophanes' texts by presenting close readings of Clouds, Wasps, Assemblywomen, and Lysistrata, addressing their comic genius at the same time. Freydberg challenges notions that philosophy is best served by a tragic disposition and arrives at a new assessment of the philosophical importance of comedy.

Автор: Holmes Daniel
Название: Philosophy, Poetry, and Power in Aristophanes`s Birds
ISBN: 1498590764 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498590761
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: This book presents a close, linear reading of Aristophanes` Birds. It argues that the play provides a continuation and deepening of the author`s critique of the sophists found in Clouds.