Tragedy of Political Theory: The Road Not Taken

by J. Peter Euben

Book Overview

In this book J. Peter Euben argues that Greek tragedy was the context for classical political theory and that such theory read in terms of tragedy provides a ground for contemporary theorizing alert to the concerns of post-modernism, such as normalization, the dominance of humanism, and the status of theory. Euben shows how ancient Greek theater offered a place and occasion for reflection on the democratic culture it helped constitute, in part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069102314X
• ISBN13: 9780691023144
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"