Aristotle's Politics: Critical Essays (Critical Essays on the Classics Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742534235 ISBN 13: 9780742534230

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address, implicitly or explicitly, this very question about the relevance of Arisotle's thinking in contemporary political philosophy. Written by leading scholars in lucid and accessible style, the nine essays in this volume will be a critical resource for newcomers to Aristotle.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Kraut is the chair of the Department of philosophy at Northwestern University
Stephen Skultety is a graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University

Review:

This fine collection of provocative essays by distinguished and theoretically diverse authors explores the contributions Aristotle's Politics makes to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. Keenly philosophical, historically nuanced, and often helpfully at odds with one another, these essays will be illuminating for all students of politics, ancient and modern. (Jill Frank, University of South Carolina)

The collection displays a wide range of methodological approaches to historical texts. (Political Theory)

This is a terrific collection of some of the best scholarship on Aristotle's Politics. It will be valuable for both students and researchers. (Christopher Bobonich, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0742534235
• ISBN 13: 9780742534230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Kraut Richard, Skultety Steven