Plato and the mythic tradition in political thought

1. Verfasser: Keum, Tae-Yeoun, 1986- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Umfang/Format: 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Plato > Influence.
Rationalism > Political aspects > History.
Mythology > Political aspects > History.
Political science > Philosophy.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Plato's legacy and the problem of myth in political thought
  • Part I. Political and philosophical boundaries: Nature and myth in Plato's Republic
  • The utopian founding myths of More and Bacon
  • An Enlightenment fable: Leibniz and the boundaries of reason
  • Part II. Myth and modernity: The new mythology of German idealism
  • The demon of the city: Cassirer on myth and Plato.

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