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Plato as Critical Theorist
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Jonny Thakkar
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English
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2018
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What is the best possible society? How would its rulers govern and citizens behave? In an era when political idealism seems a relic of the past, these questions are more urgent than ever. Taking seriously Plato’s claim that in an ideal society philosophers rule, Jonny Thakkar offers a daring experiment to breathe life into our political present.
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Jonny Thakkar’s book is incredibly stimulating, intelligent, and, at times, astonishingly original. It touches on a number of compelling themes in contemporary politics, political theory, and the history of ideas. It will spark terrific debates and push people to think in new ways about Plato, Rawls, and the place of ideal theory in political thinking.
-- Marc Stears, Macquarie University
-- Marc Stears, Macquarie University
Jonny Thakkar follows in a tradition of political philosophers and theorists such as Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel, Michael Ignatieff, and Michael Walzer: theorists who work at the highest levels of intellectual rigor, but who are committed to their theoretical work making a political difference. This book engages with recent Platonic scholarship as well as with contemporary political theory, and what emerges is a remarkable synthesis: a Platonically inspired idealist defense of modern democratic liberalism.
-- Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago
-- Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago
This book will challenge and provoke or edify different readers, but also possibly the same ones. Count me among the grateful latter.
-- Victor Castellani European Legacy
-- Victor Castellani European Legacy
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
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1. What Is Philosophy For?
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2. Why Philosophers Should Rule
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3. The Beautiful City
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4. Plato and Athens
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5. Historical Possibility
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6. Philosopher-Citizens
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7. Moneymaking and Malfunction
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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