Greek tragedy and political philosophy
Subtitle: rationalism and religion in Sophocles' Theban plays
By: Peter J. Ahrensdorf.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780521515863
Subjects: Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation; Sophocles -- Political and social views; Political science -- Greece -- Philosophy; Rationalism -- Political aspects; Religion and politics; Political plays, Greek -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- Greece; Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Oedipus the tyrant and the limits of political rationalism; title: Blind faith and enlightened statesmanship in Oedipus at colonus; title: The pious heroism of Antigone; title: Conclusion: Nietzsche, Plato, and Aristotle on philosophy and tragedy.