Balot, Ryan K.  1969- <br/><br/>
Courage in the Democratic Polis  Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens. 

 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press, USA,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (426 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Courage in the Democratic Polis: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: A Theory of Democratic Courage; PART I: The Periclean Ideology and Its Critics; CHAPTER 2 The Periclean Model; CHAPTER 3 Free Speech, Democratic Deliberation, and Courage; CHAPTER 4 Writing Courage into Democratic History: Aeschylean and Herodotean Perspectives; CHAPTER 5 New Faces of Athenian Courage: The Pursuit of Imperialism; CHAPTER 6 Democratic Courage and the Platonic Laches. CHAPTER 7 Isocratean Reflections: Athens's Courage, Imperialism, and Eudaimonism; PART II: Equality, Emotion, and Civic Education; CHAPTER 8 Courage, Equality, and Military Recognition in Democratic Athens; CHAPTER 9 Revisiting the "Standard Model" of Greek Courage; CHAPTER 10 The Courageous Passions of Democratic Athens; CHAPTER 11 Shame, Honor, and the Constitution of Role Models; CHAPTER 12 Cocky Athenian Men?; CHAPTER 13 Tragic Explorations of Courage, Freedom, and Practical Reason; PART III: Athens's Ideology of Eudaimonism; CHAPTER 14 Athenian Eudaimonism in Thought and Action. CHAPTER 15 Eudaimonistic "Paradoxes" and Resolutions; CHAPTER 16 Conclusion: Three Challenges; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; INDEX LOCORUM. 
<br/><br/> In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens' self-image. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199982165 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016622640  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courage.<br/>Conduct of life.<br/>Democracy--History.--Greece<br/>Athens (Greece)--Politics and government--Early works to 1800.<br/>Conduct of life.<br/>Courage.<br/>Democracy--History.--Greece
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1533  / .C687 2014