Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens
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- Author: Jon Hesk, University of St Andrews, Scotland
- Date Published: November 2006
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- isbn: 9780521028714
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This book is a study of the ways in which classical Athenian texts represent and evaluate the morality of deception. It is particularly concerned with the way in which the telling of lies was a problem for the world's first democracy and compares this problem with the modern Western situation. There are major sections on Greek tragedy, comedy, oratory, historiography and philosophy.
Read more- A full-length study of deception in classical Athens
- Contains illustrations from modern western democratic culture and the rhetoric of 'spin-doctors'
- Includes material from comedy, tragedy, philosphy, oratory and vase-painting
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"This thoughtful and wide-ranging book...provides a useful introduction to important recent work by classicists on Athenian political culture.... Hesk's book reminds us of the legitimate centrality of political rhetoric to democracy, yet provides new insight on how sophisticated rhetorical technique complicates the struggle to discover truth. He is surely right to conclude that 'without that struggle, we may as well give up on democracy altogether.'" Perspectives on Politics
See more reviews"Deception and Democracy is an ambitious book. The questions it raises and the approaches it tests make this volume an especially useful addition to libraries of graduate institutions." New England Classical Journal
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028714
- length: 348 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.538kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
1. Deception and the rhetoric of Athenian identity
2. Deceiving the enemy: negotiation and anxiety
3. Athens and the 'noble lie'
4. The rhetoric of anti-rhetoric: Athenian oratory
5. Thinking with the rhetoric of anti-rhetoric
Epilogue
Bibliography
Indexes.
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