Eros and Polis

Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory

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Hardcover | 19 December 2002

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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 bonds of political association. Studying the ancient view of eros recovers a way of looking at political phenomena that provides a bridge, missing in modern thought, between the private and public spheres, between erotic love and civic commitment. Ludwig's study thus has important implications for the theoretical foundations of community.

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"Eros and Polis is wonderful and a much needed contribution to the examination of Classical Greek political thought." Bryn Mawr Classics Review "Ludwig makes a strong case that there is much to be found in Greek theory that can complete understanding of the role of Eros in modern politics. Recommended." Choice

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Acknowledgments and a Note on Citations
Introduction	p. 1
Political Eros: An Account from the Symposium
Statesmanship and Sexuality in Aristophanes' Speech	p. 27
Law and Nature in Aristophanes' Speech	p. 69
The Discourse of Political Eros
Scientific and Poetic Traditions of Eros in Thucydides	p. 121
The Problem of Aggression	p. 170
The Problem of Sublimation	p. 221
The Polis as a School for Eros
Civic Nudity	p. 261
Patriotism and Imperialism as Eros	p. 319
List of Works Cited	p. 381
Abbreviations	p. 381
Other Works Cited	p. 382
Index	p. 393
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