Love among the ruins : the erotics of democracy in classical Athens

Love among the ruins the erotics of democracy in classical Athens

Classical Athenian literature often speaks of democratic politics in sexual terms. Citizens are urged to become lovers of the polis, and politicians claim to be lovers of the people. Victoria Wohl argues that this was no dead metaphor. Exploring the intersection between eros and politics in democrat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wohl, Victoria, 1966- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c2002.
Edición:Course Book
Materias:
Democracy > Greece > Athens > Psychological aspects > History.
Sex role > Political aspects > Greece > Athens > History.
Sex > Political aspects > Greece > Athens > History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798345906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Introduction: Ideological Desire
  • Chapter I. PERICLES' LOVERS
  • Chapter II. PORNOS OF THE PEOPLE
  • Chapter III. PERVERSE DESIRE: THE EROS OF ALCIBIADES
  • Chapter IV. THE EROTICS OF EMPIRE
  • Chapter V. WHAT DOES THE TYRANT WANT?
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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