On Plato's Phaedrus: Politics beyond the city walls
Bentley, Russell (2005) On Plato's Phaedrus: Politics beyond the city walls. Polis: The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought, 22, (2), 230-248.
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This paper presents a political reading of the Phaedrus. It is argued that the dialogue's speeches on love describe types of political leadership and that, using the Socratic account of the statesman as someone who promotes moral improvement, political relations are not bound by institutions.
Political relations become those in which one person affects the moral development of another and, thus, political 'space' is between people, not in specific locations. As a result, this new kind of forum must affect the way we think of critical Socratic citizenship.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0142-257X (print) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Politics and International Relations |
| Item ID: | 35041 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:29 |
| Contributors: | Bentley, Russell (Author) |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | R.K.Bentley@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35041 |
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