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THE TRAGEDY OF POLITICAL THEORY J. PETER EUBEN ***************************** The Tragedy of Political Theory ******* The Road Not Taken P R I N C E T O N U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S P R I N C E T O N , N E W J E R S E Y Copyright © 1990 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Euben, J. Peter. The Tragedy of Political Theory / J. Peter Euben. p. cm. ISBN 0-691-07831-9.—ISBN o-69i-oz3i4-X(pbk.) 1. Greek drama (Tragedy)—History and criticism. z. Political plays, Greek—History and criticism. 3. Greece— Politics and government. 4. Politics and literature—Greece. 5. Political science—Greece. I. Title. PA3136.E93 1990 88z'.oiO9—dczo 89-Z7573 Publication of this book has been aided by the Whitney Darrow Fund of Princeton University Press This book has been composed in Linotron Sabon Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources Printed in the United States of America Second printing, with corrections, 1994 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Z ForOlga, Donna, andRoxanne CONTENTS Preface ix PART I - INTRODUCTION Chapter i Conventions and Misgivings 3 Chapter 2 The Road Not Taken 3 2 PART II - GREEK TRAGEDY AND POLITICAL THEORY Chapter 3 Justice and the Oresteia 67 Chapter 4 Identity and the Oedipus Tyrannos 96 Chapter 5 Membership and "Dismembership" in the Bacchae 130 PART III - POLITICAL THEORY AND TRAGEDY Chapter 6 The Corcyrean Revolution: Corruption, Dismemberment, and Political Theory in Thucydides' History 16j Chapter 7 Plato's Apology of Socrates: Political Identity and Political Philosophy 202 Chapter 8 Plato's Republic: The Justice of Tragedy 23 5 PART IV - CONCLUSION Chapter 9 The Road Home: Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 281 Index 309
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