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Plato and the mythic tradition in political thought/ Tae-Yeoun Keum.

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dc.contributor.author Keum Tae-Yeoun
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-29T23:07:17Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-29T23:07:17Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Keum. Plato and the mythic tradition in political thought - 1 online resource (332 pages) - URL: https://libweb.kpfu.ru/ebsco/pdf/2629686.pdf
dc.identifier.isbn 9780674250185
dc.identifier.isbn 0674250184
dc.identifier.isbn 9780674250178
dc.identifier.isbn 0674250176
dc.identifier.isbn 9780674250161
dc.identifier.isbn 0674250168
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/181799
dc.description Includes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstract An ambitious reinterpretation and defense of Plato's basic enterprise and influence, arguing that the power of his myths was central to the founding of philosophical rationalism. Plato's use of myths--the Myth of Metals, the Myth of Er--sits uneasily with his canonical reputation as the inventor of rational philosophy. Since the Enlightenment, interpreters like Hegel have sought to resolve this tension by treating Plato's myths as mere regrettable embellishments, irrelevant to his main enterprise. Others, such as Karl Popper, have railed against the deceptive power of myth, concluding that a tradition built on Platonic foundations can be neither rational nor desirable. Tae-Yeoun Keum challenges the premise underlying both of these positions. She argues that myth is neither irrelevant nor inimical to the ideal of rational progress. She tracks the influence of Plato's dialogues through the early modern period and on to the twentieth century, showing how pivotal figures in the history of political thought--More, Bacon, Leibniz, the German Idealists, Cassirer, and others--have been inspired by Plato's mythmaking. She finds that Plato's followers perennially raised the possibility that there is a vital role for myth in rational political thinking.
dc.description.tableofcontents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Plato's Legacy and the Problem of Myth in Political Thought -- PART ONE. POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BOUNDARIES -- 1 Nature and Myth in Plato's Republic -- 2 The Utopian Founding Myths of More and Bacon -- 3 An Enlightenment Fable: Leibniz and the Boundaries of Reason -- PART TWO. MYTH AND MODERNITY -- 4 The New Mythology of German Idealism -- 5 The Demon of the City: Cassirer on Myth and Plato -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en
dc.subject.other Plato -- Influence.
dc.subject.other Plato.
dc.subject.other Rationalism -- Political aspects -- History.
dc.subject.other Mythology -- Political aspects -- History.
dc.subject.other Political science -- Philosophy.
dc.subject.other Rationalisme -- Aspect politique -- Histoire.
dc.subject.other Mythologie -- Aspect politique -- Histoire.
dc.subject.other Livres numériques.
dc.subject.other e-books.
dc.subject.other PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
dc.subject.other Electronic books.
dc.subject.other Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
dc.subject.other Mythology -- Political aspects.
dc.subject.other Political science -- Philosophy.
dc.subject.other Rationalism -- Political aspects.
dc.subject.other History.
dc.title Plato and the mythic tradition in political thought/ Tae-Yeoun Keum.
dc.type Book
dc.description.pages 1 online resource (332 pages)
dc.collection Электронно-библиотечные системы
dc.source.id EN05CEBSCO05C3562


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