Title The problems of a political animal : community, justice, and conflict in Aristotelian political thought / Bernard Yack

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 309 pages) Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Community -- CHAPTER TWO: Political Community -- CHAPTER THREE. Political Teleology -- CHAPTER FOUR. Political Friendship -- CHAPTER FIVE. Political Justice -- CHAPTER SIX. The Rule of Law -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Class Conflict and the Mixed Regime -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Good Life in Political Context -- CHAPTER NINE. The Good Life in Extrapolitical Context -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Citations from Aristotle's Works -- General Index Summary A bold new interpretation of Aristotelian thought is central to Bernard Yack's provocative new book. He shows that for Aristotle, community is a conflict-ridden fact of everyday life, as well as an ideal of social harmony and integration. From political justice and the rule of law to class struggle and moral conflict, Yack maintains that Aristotle intended to explain the conditions of everyday political life, not just, as most commentators assume, to represent the hypothetical achievements of an idealistic "best regime." By showing how Aristotelian ideas can provide new insight into our own political life, Yack makes a valuable contribution to contemporary discourse and debate. His work will excite interest among a wide range of social, moral, and political theorists Analysis adjudication ancient greece ancient greek philosophy aristotelian thought aristotle best regime class struggle common good community conflict distributive justice ethics everyday life justice modern social theory monarchy moral conflict moral theory morality political community political friendship political intimacy political justice political life political philosophy political teleology political theory politics reciprocity rule of law social harmony social integration social theory sociology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Aristotle -- Contributions in political thought Aristotle Communities. Justice. Social conflict. Community life. PHILOSOPHY -- Political. PHILOSOPHY / Political Community life Communities Justice Social conflict Form Electronic book LC no. 92023296 ISBN 9780520913509 0520913507 0585054371 9780585054377

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