Eros and Polis: Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory (Hardback)
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Short Description for Eros and Polis Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love and civic friendship as bonds of political association.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 November 2002
- Format: Hardback 412 pages
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- Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) | History Of Ideas | Gender Studies, Gender Groups | Gay Studies (Gay Men) | Political Science & Theory | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Western Philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, C 500 To C 1600 | Social & Political Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780521810654 ISBN 10: 0521810655
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Full description for Eros and Polis
Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemporary theory and ideology could conceive of entire communities based on desire. A recurrent aspiration was to transform the polity into one great household that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this study, Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love and civic friendship as sources of political attachment and as bonds of political association. Studying the ancient view of eros recovers a way of looking at political phenomena that provides a bridge, missing in modern thought, between the private and public spheres, between erotic love and civic commitment. Ludwig's study thus has important implications for the theoretical foundations of community.
