{"product_id":"private-lives-public-deaths-9780823251322","title":"Private Lives Public Deaths","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives, Public Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e draws on classical studies, Hegel, and modern philosophical analyses to describe how Sophocle’s tragedy \u003ci\u003eAntigone \u003c\/i\u003eexpresses a key concern of ancient Greek culture: the value of a living individual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Strauss’s monograph stands as a unique contribution that will be impossible to ignore for many years to come. The reason is that Strauss does not simply do an analysis of Sophocles’ play, nor does he merely review the literature—although his readings of both the play and the\u003cbr\u003e literature are exemplary. In addition, Strauss constructs Antigone as a figure or a concept that is essential today in order to comprehend our individuality as well as the political.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e---—Dimitris Vardoulakis, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Western Sidney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments       Note on Transliterations      Introduction: Tragedy, the City, and Its Dead      1. Two Orders of Individuality      2. The Citizen       3. Loss Embodied       4. States of Exclusion       5. Inventing Life       6. Mourning, Longing, Loving       7. Exit Tragedy       appendixes      Appendix A: Summary of Sophocles's Labdacid Cycle       Appendix B: Timeline of Relevant Events in Ancient Greece      Notes       Works Cited       Index","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406134976855,"sku":"9780823251322","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823251322.jpg?v=1730494645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/private-lives-public-deaths-9780823251322","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}