1st Edition

Plato�s Labyrinth Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues

By Aakash Singh Rathore Copyright 2018
188 Pages
by Routledge India

186 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

186 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This original and stimulating study of Plato's Socratic dialogues rereads and reinterprets Plato's writings in terms of their dialogical or dramatic form. Taking inspiration from the techniques of Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, and Leo Strauss, Aakash Singh Rathore presents the Socratic dialogues as labyrinthine texts replete with sophistries and lies that mask behind them important philosophical... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Parodos: Esoteric Writing, Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies  1. The Dramatic Labyrinth: On Plato's Parmenides, page 1  2. The Love of Laughter, on Plato's Republic 1.0  First Intermission: Xenophon's Hiero: A Straussian Rendition  3. The Joy of Sex: On Plato's Republic 2.0  4. How to Train Your Demon: On Plato's Symposium  Second Intermission: Plato's Conspiracy Against the Sophists  5. The Morality of the Master: On Plato's Meno  6. Reading Plato through Homer's Odyssey: A Conspiracy Theory  Exodos: Where do We Go from Here?  Bibliography.  Index



Biography

Aakash Singh Rathore is Visiting Professor at the Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Director of the International Research Network for Religion and Democracy (www.irnrd.org). He is also an International Fellow of the Center for Ethics & Global Politics in Rome, Italy. His previous work includes Indian Political Theory: Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj (2017), and Indian Political Thought: A Reader (co-edited with Silika Mohapatra, 2010), also published by Routledge.

"The fact that this work uses many sources from different disciplines only makes the book richer. The criss-crossing between Plato’s work and various references drawn from popular art, modern philosophy and the state of Indian academia testify to the breadth of the author’s knowledge. It is a passionate work which deserves close study."

- R. Krishnaswamy, O.P. Jindal Global University