| On Plato's Statesman Contributor(s): Castoriadis, Cornelius (Author), Curtis, David Ames (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804741441 ISBN-13: 9780804741446 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: "This book is something of an event, since it is the first time in Castoriadis's multiverse and multivolume oeuvre that he focuses on a single text. Castoriadis's range of knowledge, both historical and epistemological, is legendary, but until now we have had only cursory and fragmented instances of his genius for close reading. The Statesman is arguably one of the most difficult and idiosyncratic of Plato's dialogues, and Castoriadis literally proceeds like a detective, peeling off the layers of this deliberately disorienting text and engaging the reader in a distinct intellectual dialogue, simultaneous with his dialogue with Plato."--Stathis Gourgouris, Princeton University "This challenging study will richly reward any reader who wants to grapple with this important dialogue."--D.J. Maletz, University of Oklahoma |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| LCCN: 2002070647 |
| Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.36" W x 9.24" (1.10 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book represents the first publication of one of the seminars (transcribed) of Cornelius Castoriadis, a renowned and influential figure in 20th-century thought. A close reading of Plato's Statesman is an exemplary instance of Castoriadis's discriminating approach to thinking about and reading a great work. |