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Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens
de Hesk, Jon
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0521643228
- ISBN 13
- 9780521643221
- Librería
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. With dj. Some shelfwear to dj. Pencil underlining and marginalia throughout prologue, as well as on rear endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Greece).
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- S67559
- Título
- Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens
- Autor
- Hesk, Jon
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- 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
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- January 29, 2001
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
