{"product_id":"plato-s-beautiful-city-and-the-essence-of-politics-9781793602503","title":"Plato’s Beautiful City and the Essence of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inquiry attempts to probe the essence of politics in-itself, something that has been singularly discerned by Plato in Republic, grounded in his theory of universal forms and gradually but fully developed through a consideration of the elements of the City in Speech. Those elements, and the ideal city itself as envisioned in Republic, are immanent within the Second Best City of the Laws, even though presented in a modified way. Plato's Statesman will also be discussed as a means to further illustrate Plato's commitment to the principles conveyed in Republic. This project rests on the premise that Plato's intelligible city is genuinely intended to convey Plato’s full understanding of the real essence of the polis, not simply the arena of political behavior and governance as we have come to know it, but the essence of what politics universally means and what a political community should objectively seek.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With the calm assurance of someone who has inhabited Plato's dialogues for years, Hammond invites his readers into the high stakes drama of The Republic. This book is an untimely meditation is at least two senses. By focusing on Plato's teaching on the ‘essence of politics,’ it is out of sync with contemporary resistance to essentialism, especially in politics. By emphasizing the way Plato points out the partiality of time-bound experience, it turns us to take seriously a ‘beautiful city’ that is eternal and unchanging. In this captivating and often provocative close-reading, Hammond captures the excitement and allure of the philosophical quest.” -- Douglas Casson, St. Olaf College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One Drawing Further Meaning from Cephalus and Polemarchus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two Making Thrasymachus Blush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three Sons of Ariston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four The True City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five The True City Embodied in the Guardians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six Rough Seas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven Building a Theory from an Account\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight The Second Best City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine The Form of the Polis in the Second Best City: The Visible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten The Form of the Polis in the Second Best City: The Invisible","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042609725783,"sku":"9781793602503","price":88.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793602503.jpg?v=1750954844","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plato-s-beautiful-city-and-the-essence-of-politics-9781793602503","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}