{"product_id":"poetic-justice-rereading-platos-republic-paperback","title":"Poetic Justice: Rereading Plato's \"Republic\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Plato set his dialogs, written texts were disseminated primarily by performance and recitation. He wrote them, however, when literacy was expanding. Jill Frank argues that there are unique insights to be gained from appreciating Plato's dialogs as written texts to be read and reread. At the center of these insights are two distinct ways of learning to read in the dialogs. One approach that appears in the \u003ci\u003eStatesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSophist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProtagoras\u003c\/i\u003e, treats learning to read as a top-down affair, in which authoritative teachers lead students to true beliefs. Another, recommended by Socrates, encourages trial and error and the formation of beliefs based on students' own fallible experiences. In all of these dialogs, learning to read is likened to coming to know or understand something. Given Plato's repeated presentation of the analogy between reading and coming to know, what can these two approaches tell us about his dialogs' representations of philosophy and politics? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003ePoetic Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, Jill Frank overturns the conventional view that the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e endorses a hierarchical ascent to knowledge and the authoritarian politics associated with that philosophy. When learning to read is understood as the passive absorption of a teacher's beliefs, this reflects the account of Platonic philosophy as authoritative knowledge wielded by philosopher kings who ruled the ideal city. When we learn to read by way of the method Socrates introduces in the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, Frank argues, we are offered an education in ethical and political self-governance, one that prompts citizens to challenge all claims to authority, including those of philosophy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Frank\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University and the author of \u003ci\u003eA Democracy of Distinction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52714915922227,"sku":"9780226515779","price":61.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/T05LeU1BZU90TkRmUThuR3dGZ0E2dz09.webp?v=1763586031","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/poetic-justice-rereading-platos-republic-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}