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“j peter euben”

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  • The Tragedy of Political Theory

    The Road Not Taken

    by J. Peter Euben ...
    In this book J. Peter Euben argues that Greek tragedy was the context for classical political theory and that such theory read in terms of tragedy provides a ground for contemporary theorizing alert to the concerns of post-modernism, such as normalization, the dominance of humanism, and the status of theory. Euben shows how ancient Greek theater offered a place and occasion for reflection on the ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Corrupting Youth

    Political Education, Democratic Culture, and Political Theory

    by J. Peter Euben ...
    In Corrupting Youth, Peter Euben explores the affinities between Socratic philosophy and Athenian democratic culture as a way to think about issues of politics and education, both ancient and modern. The book moves skillfully between antiquity and the present, from ancient to contemporary political theory, and from Athenian to American democracy. It draws together important recent work by ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Platonic Noise

    by J. Peter Euben ...
    Platonic Noise brings classical and contemporary writings into conversation to enrich our experience of modern life and politics. Drawing on writers as diverse as Plato, Homer, Nietzsche, Borges, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth, Peter Euben shows us the relevance of both popular literature and ancient Greek thought to current questions of loss, mourning, and democracy--all while arguing for the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Private and Public Corruption

    by Arlene W. Saxonhouse, J Peter Euben, Shelley Burtt, Daniel Lowenstein, Adina Schwartz, He Qinglian, Michael Johnston, Frank Anechiarico, Paul Cantor, John T. Noonan Jr. ...
    The various essays in this volume explore the development of ideas of corruption, employing a range of disciplinary approaches. Although we are accustomed to think of corruption as the misuse of public office for private gain, corruption has its deeper roots in the idea of a standard that has been eroded. That standard, however, need not be construed idealistically: much of what is asserted to be ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Debating Moral Education

    Rethinking the Role of the Modern University

    by Noah Pickus, Julie A. Reuben ...
    After decades of marginalization in the secularized twentieth-century academy, moral education has enjoyed a recent resurgence in American higher education, with the establishment of more than 100 ethics centers and programs on campuses across the country. Yet the idea that the university has a civic responsibility to teach its undergraduate students ethics and morality has been met with ... Read more

    $28.79 USD