{"product_id":"philosophy-as-drama-platos-thinking-through-dialogue-9781350243675","title":"Philosophy as Drama Platos Thinking through Dialogue","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHallvard Fossheim\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Ancient Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. He has published articles on Plato and Aristotle, as well as works on research ethics and virtue ethics. \u003cb\u003eVigdis Songe-Møller\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. Her focus of research has been feminist interpretations of ancient Greek texts, especially by Hesiod, Anaximander, Parmenides, and Plato. She coordinated the international research project \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Philosophy: Poetical and Argumentative Elements of Plato's Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003eKnut Ågotnes\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy as Drama\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the relationship between the genre of Platonic dialogue and philosophical practice. This collection is a fine work of creative scholarship that not only gives us fresh insight into Plato's literary form, but also deepens our understanding of how virtue and political community are intertwined with dialogue. * Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston College, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors  Introduction, Hallvard Fossheim, Vigdis Songe-Møller and Knut Ågotnes   \u003cb\u003ePart 1 Genre and the Philosophical Dialogue\u003c\/b\u003e 1. The Whole Comedy and Tragedy of Philosophy: On Aristophanes’ Speech in Plato’s Symposium, \u003ci\u003eDrew Hyland,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania State University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 2. A Praise of the Philosophical Written Speech? Ethics and Philosophical Progression in Plato’s Symposium, \u003ci\u003eElena Irrera,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bologna, Italy\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Socrates’ Appeals to Homer’s Achilles in Plato’s Apology of Socrates and Crito, \u003ci\u003eHayden W. Ausland, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Montana, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Plato’s Ring of Gyges and ‘Das Leben der Anderen’, \u003ci\u003eJacob Howland,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Tulsa, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 2 Virtue and Soul-shaping\u003c\/b\u003e 5. Plato’s Inverted Theatre: Displacing the Wisdom of the Poets, \u003ci\u003ePaul Woodruff,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e University of Texas at Austin, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Gods, Giants and Philosophers: On Being, Education and Dialogue in Plato’s Sophist 245e6-249d5, \u003ci\u003eJens Kristian Larsen, University of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Philotimia. On Rhetoric, Virtues and Honour in the Symposium, \u003ci\u003eKnut Ågotnes,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 3 Reason and Irrationality\u003c\/b\u003e 8. The Significance of the Ambiguity of Music in Plato, \u003ci\u003eKristin Sampson, University of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Pleasure, Perception and Images in Plato, \u003ci\u003eCynthia Freeland, University of Houston, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 10. The Limits of Rationality in Plato’s Phaedo, \u003ci\u003eHallvard Fossheim,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 4 Place and Displacement\u003c\/b\u003e 11. Place (topos) and Strangeness (atopia) in the Phaedrus, \u003ci\u003eErlend Breidal,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e  12. Hunt: Method and Metaphor. A Reading of the Sophist 216a1-226a6, \u003ci\u003eGro Rørstadbotten, University of Bergen, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Plato’s Sophist: A Different Look, \u003ci\u003eJohn Sallis, Boston College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084837613911,"sku":"9781350243675","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350243675.jpg?v=1762207307","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophy-as-drama-platos-thinking-through-dialogue-9781350243675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}