Courage In The Democratic Polis: Ideology And Critique In Classical Athens

Brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic value, linked to ideals such as freedom, equality, and rationality, and with implications for the conduct of war, gender relations, and citizens' self-image as democrats.

• | Author: Ryan Krieger Balot
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 11, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 424 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199982155
• | ISBN-13: 9780199982158