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| ISBN: | 0511066252
9780511066252
0511059949
9780511059940
9780511483028
0511483023
9780511068386
0511068387
6610417539
0521643228
9780521643221
9786610417537
9780521643221
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and indexes.
Print version record.
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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."--Jacket.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hesk, Jon. Deception and democracy in classical Athens. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000
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