Political philosophy in the moment : narratives of freedom from Plato to Arendt /
Josefson, Jim
Political philosophy in the moment : narratives of freedom from Plato to Arendt / Jim Josefson - New York : Routledge, 2019 - (192 p.)
"Political Philosophy In the Moment uncovers the political power of narrative by both telling and explaining the stories that frame our ability to be 'in the moment.' In a series of eleven short stories, Jim Josefson presents the history of political philosophy and Hannah Arendt's alternative, an aesthetic form of politics. In the early stories, Josefson recounts how the four main traditions of political philosophy (Platonism, Aristotelianism, liberalism and historicism) promise truth but deny us the freedom available in reality...
The unbearable lightness of being -- The tambourine man and the tinker -- Being in the momentary -- Phenomenology of the undead -- Report by John Deere -- Thus woke Sara Thurston -- The fountainhead and the spring -- The pass, the ground, the clearing -- The stroller and the great disaster -- The beaten path of thought -- The return
978-0-367-19280-8
Political philosophy in the moment : narratives of freedom from Plato to Arendt / Jim Josefson - New York : Routledge, 2019 - (192 p.)
"Political Philosophy In the Moment uncovers the political power of narrative by both telling and explaining the stories that frame our ability to be 'in the moment.' In a series of eleven short stories, Jim Josefson presents the history of political philosophy and Hannah Arendt's alternative, an aesthetic form of politics. In the early stories, Josefson recounts how the four main traditions of political philosophy (Platonism, Aristotelianism, liberalism and historicism) promise truth but deny us the freedom available in reality...
The unbearable lightness of being -- The tambourine man and the tinker -- Being in the momentary -- Phenomenology of the undead -- Report by John Deere -- Thus woke Sara Thurston -- The fountainhead and the spring -- The pass, the ground, the clearing -- The stroller and the great disaster -- The beaten path of thought -- The return
978-0-367-19280-8