False Idles: The Politics of the "Quiet Life"

  • Eric Brown

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought
PublisherWiley Blackwell
Pages485-500
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9781405151436
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 24 2009

Keywords

  • Challenging the values and virtues of the political agents
  • Defences of withdrawal
  • Dominant ideology - attaching honor to the busy, political life, dishonor to the unbusied, quiet life
  • Idealogy opposed to withdrawal
  • Withdrawal to transcend, reject and transform politics

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