Overview
- Presents an engaging and original exploration of German political thought in relation to Plato’s seminal allegory of the cave
- Examines the relation between the individual and society, the primacy of the economic, our engagement with the material world, the notion of the contract, and the function of the state
- Opens up arguments about Plato and his influence on Western political thought
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Book Title: German Political Thought and the Discourse of Platonism
Book Subtitle: Finding the Way Out of the Cave
Authors: Paul Bishop
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04510-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04509-8Published: 05 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04510-4Published: 18 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 408
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language and Literature, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, German, Intellectual Studies, German Idealism