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Author Kohen, Ari, 1977-

Title Untangling heroism : classical philosophy and the concept of the hero / Ari Kohen
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (206 pages)
Series Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Routledge innovations in political theory.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Tangled Web of Heroism; 2 Heroism in Homer's Iliad: Violence, Mortality, and Difficult Choices; 3 The Polytropic Hero: Suffering, Endurance, and Homecoming in Homer's Odyssey; 4 Plato's Philosophic Vision: The Difficult Choices of the Socratic Life; 5 Philosophy against Poetry: The Distinct Heroics of Achilles and Socrates; 6 Philosophy against Poetry: The Complicated Relationship of Odysseus and Socrates; 7 The Shifting Sands of Contemporary Heroism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary The idea of heroism has become thoroughly muddled today. In contemporary society, any behavior that seems distinctly difficult or unusually impressive is classified as heroic: everyone from firefighters to foster fathers to freedom fighters are our heroes. But what motivates these people to act heroically and what prevents other people from being heroes? In our culture today, what makes one sort of hero appear more heroic than another sort?In order to answer these questions, Ari Kohen turns to classical conceptions of the hero to explain the confusion and to highlight the ways
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index
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Subject Heroes
Heroes -- Political aspects
Philosophy, Ancient.
heroes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
Heroes
Philosophy, Ancient
Held
Heroismus
Philosophie
Griechenland
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317964582
1317964586