Eros and Polis: Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory

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Author: Paul W. Ludwig

ISBN-10: 0521810655

ISBN-13: 9780521810654

Category: Homosexuality -> Greece -> History

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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