WOODRUFF PAUL

ΠΡΩΤΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
Αντλώντας στοιχεία από την κλασική λογοτεχνία, τη φιλοσοφία και την ιστορία - με πολλά προκλητικά κείμενα από τον Σοφοκλή, τον Αίσωπο και τον Πλάτωνα, μεταξύ άλλων - ο Γούντραφ μας βυθίζει στον κόσμο της αρχαίας Αθήνας για να δείξει πώς γεννήθηκε το πάθος για τη δημοκρατία. Ο πυρήνας του βιβλίου απομονώνει επτά προϋποθέσεις που είναι εκ των ων ουκ άνευ για τη δημοκρατία: η ελευθερία από την τυραννία (και από την τυραννία της αρχής της πλειοψηφίας), η ομόνοια (η σύνθεση διαφορετικών απόψεων), η αρχή της νομιμότητας (το κράτος δικαίου), η φυ...
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(P/B) THE NECESSITY OF THEATER
Thirty years ago, I had the idea to write this book, or something rather like it, but I was advised at the time that this would not help my case for tenure. The advice was sound. Philosophers in the twentieth century have not been much interested in theater as such, although film, fiction, and performance studies each has its small share in philosophy. I knew this book would do little to persuade my seniors that I was a competent scholar or philosopher, so I set it aside. But I went on thinking about the subject, with the result that this ...
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(P/B) FIRST DEMOCRACY
Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to import it to nations around the world. But how democratic is our own "democracy"? If you can vote, if the majority rules, if you have elected representatives - does this automatically mean that you have a democracy? In this eye-opening look at an ideal that we all take for granted, classical scholar Paul Woodruff offers some surprising answers to these questions. Drawing on classical literature, philosophy, and history - with many intriguing passages from Sophocles, Aeso...
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(H/B) FIRST DEMOCRACY
Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to import it to nations around the world. But how democratic is our own "democracy"? If you can vote, if the majority rules, if you have elected representatives - does this automatically mean that you have a democracy? In this eye-opening look at an ideal that we all take for granted, classical scholar Paul Woodruff offers some surprising answers to these questions. Drawing on classical literature, philosophy, and history - with many intriguing passages from Sophocles, Aeso...
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