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Book SynopsisPrivate Lives, Public Deaths draws on classical studies, Hegel, and modern philosophical analyses to describe how Sophocle’s tragedy
Antigone expresses a key concern of ancient Greek culture: the value of a living individual.
Trade Review“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
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.”
---—Dimitris Vardoulakis, University of Western SidneyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 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
