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Xenophon’s Other Voice: Irony as Social Criticism in the 4th Century BCE

Autor Dr Yun Lee Too
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 apr 2023
This volume explores irony - in its essence, saying other than one actually means - in the collected works of Xenophon. Xenophon's Other Voice argues that there are two voices in the author: one ostensible at the level of the literal text, which is available to everyone, while the sub-title designates the other voice, which is less obvious to the reader and indeed, an ironic one. It presents a unified view of the author's entire corpus and argues that the function of Xenophontic irony is to offer critiques of the societies in which he finds himself.Rejecting both non-ironic and Straussian interpretations of Xenophon's writings, Yun Lee Too offers a wholly original perspective on the contemporary debate of how he should be read, which is underpinned by a series of incisive readings of the individual works. Beginning with Xenophon's representation of an ironic Socrates, who condemns the contemporary city and its more prominent citizens, the book moves on to consider how the author develops his own approach to irony. He deploys irony to criticize aspects of Athenian society, such as its understanding of wealth, its armed forces and sophistic education. The book then turns to his treatment of other Hellenic societies, including the Spartan city-state and laws, kingship in Syracuse and war amongst the Greek states. It finally considers Persia, covering Xenophon's depiction of Cyrus the Great and the expedition with Cyrus the Younger.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350250536
ISBN-10: 1350250538
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Challenges prominent Straussian readings of irony in Xenophon, offering a wholly original and thought-provoking approach to a contemporary problem of Xenophontic scholarship

Notă biografică

Yun Lee Too is an independent scholar based in the UK.

Cuprins

Introduction Part I. Socrates on Athens 1. Xenophon's Apology: The Death of Socratic Irony; the Birth of Xenophontic Irony 2. The Memorabilia: Remembering Truth and Lies about Socrates 3. Partying Life (Away) in Xenophon's Symposium 4. The Economies of Pedagogy in the Oeconomicus: Xenophon's Wifely Didactics Part II. Xenophon on Athens 5. The Critique of the Sophists in On Hunting 6. Xenophon on Equine Culture 7. Xenophon's Poroi or 'Ways and Means'? Part III. The Rest of Greece 8. Why Xenophon's Hiero Is Not a Socratic Dialogue 9. Spartan Dis-appointments 10. The Hellenica and the Irony of War Part IV. Persia 11. Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Disfiguring the Pedagogical State 12. Coming Home? The Anabasis as Community Conclusion Notes BibliographyIndex

Recenzii

This is a thought-provoking and original approach to Xenophon. It ranges across the whole of Xenophon's corpus and with remarkable clarity and concision argues that scholars have missed a fundamental aspect of Xenophon's work: their ironic takes on their subject matter.