Kevin M. Cherry

Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Aristotle and Plato about the practice, study and, above all, purpose of politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9781107021679
• ISBN-10: 1107021677
• Artikelnr.: 34571434

Autorenporträt

Kevin M. Cherry is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Richmond (Richmond, VA, USA). He has previously taught at Saint Anselm College and the University of Notre Dame, where he earned his PhD. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and History of Political Thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A place for politics: the household and the city
2. The beginnings and ends of political life
3. Political knowledge and political power
4. Political inquiry in Aristotle and the Eleatic Stranger
5. Philosophy and politics in the Eleatic Stranger, Socrates, and Aristotle
6. Modern politics, the Eleatic Stranger, and Aristotle
Conclusion.