Josh Wilburn

The Political Soul

Plato on Thumos, Spirited Motivation, and the City

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Produktbeschreibung

Josh Wilburn examines the relationship between Plato's views on psychology and his political philosophy. Focusing on his reflections on the spirited part of the tripartite soul, or thumos, and spirited motivation, he explores the social and political challenges that occupy Plato throughout his works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9780198861867
• ISBN-10: 0198861869
• Artikelnr.: 62536108

Autorenporträt

Josh Wilburn is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. He.received his B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 and his Ph.D. in Classical Philosophy at Princeton University in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I
* 1: Tripartition and the Spirited 'Part' of the Soul
* 2: Spirited Motivation and the Two Faces of Thumos
* 3: The Social and Political Nature of Spirit
* Part II
* 4: Political Psychology in the Great Speech of the Protagoras
* 5: Spirited Motivation and the Novelty of Reason: Plato's Early
Dialogues
* Part III
* 6: Musical and Gymnastic Education in the Republic
* 7: Oikeion and Allotrion in the City and Soul: The Psychology of
Virtue and Civic Unity
* 8: The Spirited Part of the Soul in the Timaeus
* Part IV
* 9: Spirited Psychology and Civic Temperament in the Statesman
* 10: Politics, Education, and Spirit in the Laws