Aristotle's Politics : living well and living together / Eugene Garver.

By: Garver, Eugene

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011Description: xi, 300 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226284026 (alk. paper); 0226284026 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Aristotle. Politics | Aristotle -- Political and social views | Political scienceDDC classification: 320.01/1 LOC classification: JC71.A7 | G37 2011

Contents:

Frontmatter -- _tContents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tAbbreviations of Aristotle's Works -- _tIntroduction: Aristotle's Politics: Living Well and Living Together -- _t1. Book I: Slavery and the Will to Power -- _t2. Book II: Aristotle's State as a Work of Art -- _t3. The Justice of Book III and the Incompleteness of the Normative -- _t4. Practical Knowledge and the Four Orientations to the Best -- _t5. Factions and the Paradox of Aristotelian Practical Science -- _t6. The Best Life and the Common Life -- _tConclusion: People as Political Animals -- _tNotes -- _tWorks Cited -- _tIndex of Names -- _tIndex of Passages in Aristotle's Works

Summary: "Man is a political animal," Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the Politics. In this novel reading of one of the foundational texts of political philosophy, Eugene Garver traces the surprising implications of Aristotle's claim and explores the treatise's relevance to ongoing political concerns. Often dismissed as overly grounded in Aristotle's specific moment in time, in fact the Politics challenges contemporary understandings of human action and allows us to better see ourselves today. Close examination of Aristotle's treatise, Garver finds, reveals a significant, practical role for philosophy to play in politics. Philosophers present arguments about issues-such as the right and the good, justice and modes of governance, the relation between the good person and the good citizen, and the character of a good life-that politicians must then make appealing to their fellow citizens. Completing Garver's trilogy on Aristotle's unique vision, Aristotle's Politics yields new ways of thinking about ethics and politics, ancient and modern.

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Books / Monographs	Dominican University College Library / Collège Universitaire Dominicain Hours of operation: Monday - Thursday 8am - 8:30 pm; Friday 8am - 4pm \| Les heures d'ouverture : Lundi à jeudi de 8 h à 20 h 30; vendredi 8h - 16h Standard shelving location / Rayonnage standard	B 491 .P65 G37 2014 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available		100000005877

"Completes a trilogy on Aristotle: Aristotle's Rhetoric: an art of character (University of Chicago Press, 1994) and Confronting Aristotle's Ethics: ancient and modern morality (University of Chicago Press, 2006) were the first two books in the series"--Preliminaries.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-291) and index.

Frontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAbbreviations of Aristotle's Works --
_tIntroduction: Aristotle's Politics: Living Well and Living Together --
_t1. Book I: Slavery and the Will to Power --
_t2. Book II: Aristotle's State as a Work of Art --
_t3. The Justice of Book III and the Incompleteness of the Normative --
_t4. Practical Knowledge and the Four Orientations to the Best --
_t5. Factions and the Paradox of Aristotelian Practical Science --
_t6. The Best Life and the Common Life --
_tConclusion: People as Political Animals --
_tNotes --
_tWorks Cited --
_tIndex of Names --
_tIndex of Passages in Aristotle's Works

"Man is a political animal," Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the Politics. In this novel reading of one of the foundational texts of political philosophy, Eugene Garver traces the surprising implications of Aristotle's claim and explores the treatise's relevance to ongoing political concerns. Often dismissed as overly grounded in Aristotle's specific moment in time, in fact the Politics challenges contemporary understandings of human action and allows us to better see ourselves today. Close examination of Aristotle's treatise, Garver finds, reveals a significant, practical role for philosophy to play in politics. Philosophers present arguments about issues-such as the right and the good, justice and modes of governance, the relation between the good person and the good citizen, and the character of a good life-that politicians must then make appealing to their fellow citizens. Completing Garver's trilogy on Aristotle's unique vision, Aristotle's Politics yields new ways of thinking about ethics and politics, ancient and modern.

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