Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) |
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Routledge Innovations in Political Theory |
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Routledge innovations in political theory.
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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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Heroes
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Heroes -- Political aspects
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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heroes.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Heroes
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Held
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Heroismus
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Philosophie
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Griechenland
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781317964582 |
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1317964586 |
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