Courage in the Democratic Polis: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens

426 Pages·2014·2.01 MB·English

by  Ryan K. Balot

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Courage in the Democratic Polis
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Courage in the
Democratic Polis
Ideology and Critique in
Classical Athens
Ryan K.   Balot
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Balot, Ryan K. (Ryan Krieger), 1969-
Courage in the Democratic Polis : Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens / Ryan K. Balot.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–19–998215–8 1. Courage. 2. Conduct of life.
3. Athens (Greece)—Politics and government—Early works to 1800.
4. Democracy—Greece—History. I. Title.
BJ1533.C8B27 2014
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
CHAPTER 1 Introduction: A Theory of Democratic Courage 1
PART ONE | T he Periclean Ideology and Its Critics
CHAPTER 2 The Periclean Model 25
CHAPTER 3 Free Speech, Democratic Deliberation, and Courage 47
CHAPTER 4 Writing Courage into Democratic History: Aeschylean
and Herodotean Perspectives 74
CHAPTER 5 New Faces of Athenian Courage: The Pursuit of
Imperialism 109
CHAPTER 6 Democratic Courage and the Platonic Laches 129
CHAPTER 7 Isocratean Refl ections: Athens’s Courage, Imperialism,
and Eudaimonism 149
PART TWO | E quality, Emotion, and Civic Education
CHAPTER 8 Courage, Equality, and Military Recognition in
Democratic Athens 179
C HAPTER 9 Revisiting the “Standard Model” of Greek Courage 198
CHAPTER 10 The Courageous Passions of Democratic Athens 218
CHAPTER 11 Shame, Honor, and the Constitution of
Role Models 243
CHAPTER 12 Cocky Athenian Men? 256
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CHAPTER 13 Tragic Explorations of Courage, Freedom, and
Practical Reason 278
PART THREE | A thens’s Ideology of Eudaimonism
CHAPTER 14 Athenian Eudaimonism in Thought and Action 297
C HAPTER 15 Eudaimonistic “Paradoxes” and Resolutions 309
CHAPTER 16 Conclusion: Three Challenges 330
Bibliography 353
Index 385
Index Locurum 395
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