Prudes, perverts, and tyrants : Plato's Gorgias and the politics of shame /

Prudes, perverts, and tyrants : Plato's Gorgias and the politics of shame /

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Author / Creator:	Tarnopolsky, Christina H., 1964- author.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato. -- Gorgias. Gorgias (Plato) Shame -- Political aspects. Democracy -- Philosophy. Democracy -- Philosophy Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11222721

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ISBN:	9781400835065 1400835062 1282645048 9781282645042 9780691128566 0691128561
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In recent years, most political theorists have agreed that shame shouldn't play any role in democratic politics because it threatens the mutual respect necessary for participation and deliberation. But Christina Tarnopolsky argues that not every kind of shame hurts democracy. In fact, she makes a powerful case that there is a form of shame essential to any critical, moderate, and self-reflexive democratic practice. Through a careful study of Plato's Gorgias, Tarnopolsky shows that contemporary conceptions of shame are far too narrow. For Plato, three kinds of shame and shaming practices were possible in democracies, and only one of these is similar to the form condemned by contemporary thinkers. Following Plato, Tarnopolsky develops an account of a different kind of shame, which she calls "respectful shame." This practice involves the painful but beneficial shaming of one's fellow citizens as part of the ongoing process of collective deliberation. And, as Tarnopolsky argues, this type of shame is just as important to contemporary democracy as it was to its ancient form. --From publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Tarnopolsky, Christina H., 1964- Prudes, perverts, and tyrants. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691128566
Standard no.:	9786612645044

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Contemporary Attitudes toward Shame
The Theoretical Debates Surrounding Shame
Plato's Relevance to the Contemporary Politics of Shame
Plato's Gorgias and the Politics of Shame
Prudes, Perverts, and Tyrants
Part 1. Plato's Gorgias and the Athenian Politics of Shame
Chapter 1. Shame and Rhetoric in Plato's Gorgias
Situating Plato's Gorgias within the Platonic Corpus
The Dual Character of the Socratic Elenchus
From Gorgianic Rhetoric to Platonic Rhetoric
Chapter 2. Shaming Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles
The Refutation of Gorgias
The Refutation of Polus
The Refutation of Callicles
The Mechanisms of Shame
Chapter 3. Plato on Shame in Democratic Athens
The Canonical View of Plato's Criticisms of Athens
Disrupting the Canon
Parrheï¿½sia as an Athenian Democratic Ideal
Socratic vs. Platonic Shame
Plato's Gorgias and the Contemporary Politics of Shame
Prudes, Perverts, and Tyrants: Plato and the Contemporary
What's So Negative about the "Negative" Emotions?