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Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought

By Arlene W. Saxonhouse

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0226735532, 9780226735535
LCC
JC73 .S34 1992
Google Books ID
jO1NrWz6RikC
Open Library ID
OL1704668M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4417157 bytes)
Edition
First
Pages
260\260
DPI
600
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This wide-ranging book locates the origin of political science in the everyday world of ancient Greek life, thought, and culture. Arlene Saxonhouse contends that the Greeks, confronted by the puzzling diversity of the physical world, sought a force that would unify, constrain, and explain it. This drive toward unity did more than value the mind over the senses: it led the Greeks to play down the very real complexities—particularly regarding women, the family, and sexuality—in both their political and personal lives.Saxonhouse opens up fresh understandings of such issues as the Greeks' fear of the feminine and their attempts to ignore the demands that gender, reproduction, and the family inevitably make on the individual.

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