1st Edition

Plato's Invisible Cities Discourse and Power in the Republic

By Adi Ophir Copyright 1991
224 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers an original and detailed reading of Plato's Republic , one of the most influential philosophical works in the emergence of Western philosophy. The author discusses the Republic in terms of discursive events and political acts. Plato's act is placed in the context of a politico-discursive crisis in Athens at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth century B.C that... Read more
Preface. 1. Greek, All Too Greek 2. The Problem of Justice Restated 3. The Ideal City 4. From Drama to Discourse 5. The Space of Discours Notes Bibliography

Biography

Adi Ophir