What Would Socrates Do?: Self-Examination, Civic Engagement, and the Politics of PhilosophyCambridge University Press, 14 juil. 2014 - 198 pages Socrates continues to be an extremely influential force to this day; his work is featured prominently in the work of contemporary thinkers ranging from Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss, to Michel Foucault and Jacques Rancière. Intervening in this discussion, What Would Socrates Do? reconstructs Socrates' philosophy in ancient Athens to show its promise of empowering citizens and non-citizens alike. By drawing them into collective practices of dialogue and reflection, philosophy can help people to become thinking, acting beings more capable of fully realizing the promises of political life. At the same time, however, Joel Alden Schlosser shows how these practices' commitment to interrogation keeps philosophy at a distance from the democratic status quo, creating a dissonance with conventional forms of politics that opens space for new forms of participation and critical contestation of extant ones. |
Table des matières
Transforming accountability | 29 |
Love beyond the polis | 55 |
Xenophons Memorabilia | 74 |
Embodying philosophy | 80 |
Socratic associations | 112 |
Socrates atopia revisited | 141 |
What would Socrates do? | 164 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
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