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  • Reading Greek Tragedy

    par Simon Goldhill ...
    Collections series Cambridge Classical Classics
    This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. It is written specifically for the reader who does not know Greek and who may be unfamiliar with the context of the Athenian drama festival but who nevertheless wants to appreciate the plays in all their complexity. Simon Goldhill aims to combine the best contemporary scholarly criticism in classics with a wide knowledge of modern ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Plato's Republic

    A Biography

    par Simon Blackburn ...
    Collections series Books That Changed the World
    "A clear and accessible introduction to philosophy's first superstar" by the author of On Truth and Think, one of our great contemporary philosophers ( Kirkus Reviews).Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who ever lived and The Republic, composed in Athens in about 375 BC, is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city—and the perfect mind—laid the ... En savoir plus

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  • Antigone

    par Slavoj Žižek ...
    Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity (more important than all political struggles). But is she really so innocent and pure? What if there is a dark side to her? What if Creon, the representative of state power, also has a valuable point to make? And what if ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Rhetoric

    par Jennifer Richards ...
    Collections series The New Critical Idiom
    Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of the nature of language and the purpose of literature for over two millennia. It is of crucial importance in understanding the development of literary history as well as elements of philosophy, politics and culture. The nature and practise of rhetoric was central to Classical, Renaissance and Enlightenment cultures and its relevance continues in our own ... En savoir plus

    $46.99 CAD

  • How Women Became Poets

    A Gender History of Greek Literature

    par Emily Hauser ...
    How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of genderWhen Sappho sang her songs, the only word that existed to describe a poet was a male one—aoidos, or “singer-man.” The most famous woman poet of ancient Greece, whose craft was one of words, had no words with which to talk about who she was and what she did. In How Women Became Poets, Emily Hauser rewrites the story of Greek ... En savoir plus

    $46.19 CAD

  • The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks

    Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature

    par David Konstan ...
    It is generally assumed that whatever else has changed about the human condition since the dawn of civilization, basic human emotions - love, fear, anger, envy, shame - have remained constant. David Konstan, however, argues that the emotions of the ancient Greeks were in some significant respects different from our own, and that recognizing these differences is important to understanding ancient ... En savoir plus

    $48.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Greek Tragedy

    par Ruth Scodel ...
    This book provides an accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays. Whether readers are studying Greek culture, performing a Greek tragedy, or simply interested in reading a Greek play, this book will help them to understand and enjoy this challenging and rewarding genre. An Introduction to Greek Tragedy provides background ... En savoir plus

    $40.99 CAD

  • Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy

    par Jonathan Wolff, Gerald A. Cohen ...
    Previously unpublished writings from one of the most important political philosophers of recent timesG. A. Cohen was one of the leading political philosophers of recent times. He first came to wide attention in 1978 with the prize-winning book Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence. In subsequent decades his published writings largely turned away from the history of philosophy, focusing instead ... En savoir plus

    $60.49 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic

    Modifié par G. R. F. Ferrari ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers ... En savoir plus

    $46.99 CAD

  • Antigone, Interrupted

    par Bonnie Honig ...
    Sophocles' Antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and legal theory, and possibly the most commented upon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. Bonnie Honig's rereading of it therefore involves intervening in a host of literatures and unsettling many of their governing assumptions. Exploring the power of Antigone in a variety of political, cultural, and theoretical ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Tragedy

    From Plato to Žižek

    par Julian Young ...
    This book is a full survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to Žižek the focal question has been: why, in spite of its distressing content, do we value tragic drama? What is the nature of the 'tragic effect'? Some philosophers point to a certain kind of pleasure that results from tragedy. Others, while not excluding pleasure, emphasize the knowledge we ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy

    Modifié par P. E. Easterling ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    As a creative medium, ancient Greek tragedy has had an extraordinarily wide influence: many of the surviving plays are still part of the theatrical repertoire, and texts like Agamemnon, Antigone, and Medea have had a profound effect on Western culture. This Companion is not a conventional introductory textbook but an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the ... En savoir plus

    $46.99 CAD