Athens in Paris : ancient Greece and the political in postwar French thought /
"Why was Derrida reading Plato as students stormed the Sorbonne in May of 1968? Why was Foucault writing about Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus while fighting for the rights of prisoners with Vidal-Naquet? What has Vernant the resistance fighter to do with Vernant the theorist of the ancient po...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Classical presences.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Why was Derrida reading Plato as students stormed the Sorbonne in May of 1968? Why was Foucault writing about Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus while fighting for the rights of prisoners with Vidal-Naquet? What has Vernant the resistance fighter to do with Vernant the theorist of the ancient polis? Athens in Paris explores the decisive role that ancient Greek texts and ideas played in shaping the intellectual projects of structuralism and post-structuralism. Miriam Leonard shows how French post-war thinkers such as Lacan, Derrida, Foucault, and Vernant turned to the example of ancient democracy in their debates over the role of political subjectivity and ethical choice in the life of the modern citizen. Her study highlights the impact of ancient debates about democracy and citizenship on contemporary political and philosophical preoccupations."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429430784 1429430788 0199277257 9780199277254 9780191535024 0191535028 9780191707414 0191707414 1280755350 9781280755354 |