Bibliograph

Plato, political philosophy, Malcolm Schofield

Type

Label

Plato, political philosophy, Malcolm Schofield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [334]-359) and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plato

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

69593908

Responsibility statement

Malcolm Schofield

Series statement

Founders of modern political and social thought

Sub title

political philosophy

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The, Republic : contexts and projects -- The, centrepiece -- Some dubious Platonic autobiography -- Socrates : engagement and detachment -- The, projects of The Republic -- Education, Sparta and the politeia tradition -- Athens, democracy and freedom -- Democratic entanglements -- Democracy and rhetoric -- The, laws on democracy and freedom -- Problematizing democracy -- From polarity to complexity -- Democracy, equality and freedom -- Democracy and pluralism -- Democracy and anarchy -- Democracy and knowledge -- The, rule of knowledge -- Philosophy or political expertise? -- Mill and Jowett on Plato -- Architectonic knowledge -- Philosopher rulers -- Architectonic knowledge revisited -- The, limitations of management -- Utopia -- Against utopia -- A, question of seriousness -- A, future for utopianism -- Plato's utopian realism -- The, idea of community -- Epilogue : the question of fantasy -- Money and the soul -- The, ethics and politics of money -- The, analogy of city and soul -- The, psychology of money -- Greed, power and injustice -- Taming the beast within -- Ideology -- Ideology and religion -- The, noble lie -- Law and religion

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