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DECEPTION AND DEMOCRACY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
de Hesk, Jon
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521643228
- ISBN 13
- 9780521643221
- Librería
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0521643228 . Former owner's bookplate on ffep. ; 344 pages; This book is a study of the ways in which classical Athenian texts represent and evaluate the morality of deception. It is particularly concerned with the way in which the telling of lies was a problem for the world's first democracy and compares this problem with the modern Western situation. There are major sections on Greek tragedy, comedy, oratory, historiography and philosophy. .
Sinopsis
This is the first full-length study of the representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr Hesk traces the ways in which Athenian drama, democratic oratory and elite prose writing construct and theorise a relationship between dishonesty and civic identity. He focuses on the ideology of military trickery, notions of the 'noble lie' and the developing associations of rhetorical language with deceptive communication. Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens combines close analysis of Athenian texts with lively critiques of modern theorists and classical scholars. Athenian democratic culture was crucially informed by a nuanced, anxious and dynamic discourse on the problems and opportunities which deception presented for its citizenry. Mobilising comparisons with twentieth-century democracies, the author argues that Athenian literature made deception a fundamental concern for democratic citizenship. This ancient discourse on lying highlights the dangers of modern resignation and postmodern complacency concerning the politics and morality of deception.
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- Librería
- Ancient World Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4597
- Título
- DECEPTION AND DEMOCRACY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
- Autor
- Hesk, Jon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521643228
- ISBN 13
- 9780521643221
- Editorial
- Cambridge University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- 2000. 336p. Bound. This Is A Full-length Study Of The Representation Of Deceit And Lies In Classical Athens. Dr Hesk Traces The
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Palabras clave
- 0521643228, Athens & Athenians, Greek History, Greek Literature, Classical Greek & Roman
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