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Overview
Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address, implicitly or explicitly, this very question about the relevance of Arisotle's thinking in contemporary political philosophy. Written by leading scholars in lucid and accessible style, the nine essays in this volume will be a critical resource for newcomers to Aristotle.
Synopsis
Most reprinted from publication in journals and other volumes during the 1990s, 10 essays explore whether the ancient Greek's ideas, as expressed in Politikon has some applicability to ongoing debates in contemporary political philosophy. Among the topics are political animals and civic friendship, slavery, property rights, citizenship, political liberty, and anarchism. There is no index. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR