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Tragedy and Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity

By Christopher Rocco
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By Christopher Rocco

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Tragedy and Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity by Christopher Rocco offers a bold rethinking of the relationship between classical antiquity and contemporary political theory. Rocco argues that the dramas and dialogues of ancient Athens—Sophocles’ *Oedipus Tyrannos*, Plato’s *Gorgias* and *Republic*, and Aeschylus’ *Oresteia*—provide indispensable resources for grappling with the dilemmas of democracy, truth, and power in the age of postmodernity. Rather...

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