Eros and Polis: Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory
"Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemporary theory and ideology could conceive of entire communities based on desire. A recurrent aspiration was to transform the polity into one great household that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this study, Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love, and civic friendship as sources of political attachment and as...
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Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love and civic friendship as bonds of political association.
Acknowledgments and a Note on CitationsIntroduction1Pt. 1Political Eros: An Account from the Symposium1Statesmanship and Sexuality in Aristophanes' Speech272Law and Nature in Aristophanes' Speech69Pt. 2The Discourse of Political Eros3Scientific and Poetic Traditions of Eros in Thucydides1214The Problem of Aggression1705The Problem of Sublimation221Pt. 3The Polis as a School for Eros6Civic Nudity2617Patriotism and Imperialism as Eros319List of Works Cited381Abbreviations381Other Works Cited382Index393
