Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions
A Reading of Aristophanes' Knights and Assemblywomen
Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions
A Reading of Aristophanes' Knights and Assemblywomen
Description
This book provides careful readings of Aristophanes' Knights and Assemblywomen, and shows that in considering both plays as a pair each is better understood. While the Knights concerns the perfect democratic ruler, the Assemblywomen is about the perfect democratic law. The first close reading of these works and exploration of the connection between them, Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions not only illuminates these two plays, but also offers insight into questions at the core of political life. Kenneth De Luca's detailed analysis will be valuable to scholars of political philosophy, classical studies, and democratic theory.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Paphlagon: Democracy's Tragic Tendency
Chapter 2 Demosthenes' Comic Plan
Chapter 3 The Deposing of Zeus
Chapter 4 The End of Demos' Democratization
Chapter 5 The Final Victory of Pleasure
Chapter 6 Praxagora's Lamp
Chapter 7 Praxagora's Political Philosophy: A Study of Her Rehearsal Speech
Chapter 8 The Price of Unity
Chapter 9 Praxagora's City of Pigs: The Hag Scene
Chapter 10 The Political Allegory of the Assemblywomen
Chapter 2 Demosthenes' Comic Plan
Chapter 3 The Deposing of Zeus
Chapter 4 The End of Demos' Democratization
Chapter 5 The Final Victory of Pleasure
Chapter 6 Praxagora's Lamp
Chapter 7 Praxagora's Political Philosophy: A Study of Her Rehearsal Speech
Chapter 8 The Price of Unity
Chapter 9 Praxagora's City of Pigs: The Hag Scene
Chapter 10 The Political Allegory of the Assemblywomen
Product details
| Published | 16 Mar 2005 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 164 |
| ISBN | 9780739152089 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Series | Applications of Political Theory |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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