num_pages: 242
description: Weaving together ancient Greek texts and post-modernist theory, Rocco addresses Greek drama using modern critcal theorists such as Foucault and Habermas. He argues for the continuing relevance of the classical past and in particular the continuing desirability of democracy.
language: English
title: Tragedy and Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity
titlecomplete: Tragedy and Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity (Classics and Contemporary Thought)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: University of California Press