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Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens Hardcover - 2001
by Hesk, Jon
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- Title Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens
- Author Hesk, Jon
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 346
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2000. 336p. Bound. This is a full-length study of the representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr Hesk traces the
- Date 2001-01-29
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0521643228.G
- ISBN 9780521643221 / 0521643228
- Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.94 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.39 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Cultural Region: Mediterranean
- Library of Congress subjects Democracy - Greece - Athens, Deception - Greece - Athens
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00029255
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.209
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Summary
This is the first full-length study of the representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr Hesk traces the ways in which Athenian drama, democratic oratory and elite prose writing construct and theorise a relationship between dishonesty and civic identity. He focuses on the ideology of military trickery, notions of the 'noble lie' and the developing associations of rhetorical language with deceptive communication. Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens combines close analysis of Athenian texts with lively critiques of modern theorists and classical scholars. Athenian democratic culture was crucially informed by a nuanced, anxious and dynamic discourse on the problems and opportunities which deception presented for its citizenry. Mobilising comparisons with twentieth-century democracies, the author argues that Athenian literature made deception a fundamental concern for democratic citizenship. This ancient discourse on lying highlights the dangers of modern resignation and postmodern complacency concerning the politics and morality of deception.
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British statesmen and public men have never at any time used mendacity as an instrument of war, still less have they uttered such praises of lying as Hitler has done in Mein Kampf . . . In Great Britain we believe in the ultimate power of Truth.
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- Choice, 07/01/2002, Page 2038