Plato, Politics and a Practical Utopia : Social Constructivism and Civic Planning in the 'Laws'.
Dealing with themes of urban planning, constitutionalism, utopianism and social construction theory, this book analyzes the city of Magnesia, Plato's second-best city-state in the Laws, as if it were an actual ancient city-state. The book details the demographics, economics, military capabiliti...
| Основен автор: | Moore, Kenneth Royce. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Continuum International Publishing,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=416494 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Plato, Politics and a Practical Utopia : Social Constructivism and Civic Planning in the 'Laws'. |
| Резюме: |
Dealing with themes of urban planning, constitutionalism, utopianism and social construction theory, this book analyzes the city of Magnesia, Plato's second-best city-state in the Laws, as if it were an actual ancient city-state. The book details the demographics, economics, military capabilities and polity of Magnesia using (post)modern critical theory and contemporary data on ancient city-states. Examining the key features of the proposed city-state in detail, Kenneth Royce Moore considers Plato's proposed military as well as his invention of national service, and compares this with known mil. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441168030 1441168036 1283380226 9781283380225 |