Steven Skultety
Biographic Data
| ID | 3093908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Skultety |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Skultety |
| SIGNATURE | SKULTETY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Aristotle
Aristotle's social theory is centered on the notion that human beings can only group themselves together by forming hierarchical communities. This entry explains Aristotle's conception of society as a composite of such communities, summarizes his understanding of why there are different kinds of community, and identifies the main social obstacles he understood faced political communities.
Competition in the Best of Cities
By examining his account of individual virtues, making inferences from his analyses of flawed cities, and teasing out the tacit assumptions behind claims about the nature of political activity, I argue that Aristotle thinks of competition as being a political ideal rather than as an inevitable corruption of civic life. Virtuous citizens compete for civic honor through traditional “competitive outlays” and contend against one another for prestigio…
Delimiting Aristotle's Conception of Stasis in the Politics
Some scholars have claimed that Aristotle uses the word "stasis" to refer to any sort of conflict in the political realm, covering everything from civil-war to social rivalry. After developing an interpretation of Politics V.1-4, where Aristotle discusses the topic at length, I argue that he is in fact carefully delimiting the concept of stasis so that it applies only to civil-war and open sedition, showing how his analysis excludes partisan anti…
Aristotle’s Theory of Partisanship
This paper develops and defends a new interpretation of Aristotle’s conception of democratic and oligarchic identity. Rejecting interpretations that ground partisan identities in class, greed, or conceptions of justice, this interpretation posits that Aristotle thought of democrats and oligarchs as being defined by the confluence of four distinct traits: (1) having an incorrect conception of happiness, (2) having an incorrect conception of politi…
Competition in the Best of Cities
By examining his account of individual virtues, making inferences from his analyses of flawed cities, and teasing out the tacit assumptions behind claims about the nature of political activity, I argue that Aristotle thinks of competition as being a political ideal rather than as an inevitable corruption of civic life. Virtuous citizens compete for civic honor through traditional “competitive outlays” and contend against one another for prestigio…
Delimiting Aristotle's Conception of Stasis in the Politics
Some scholars have claimed that Aristotle uses the word "stasis" to refer to any sort of conflict in the political realm, covering everything from civil-war to social rivalry. After developing an interpretation of Politics V.1-4, where Aristotle discusses the topic at length, I argue that he is in fact carefully delimiting the concept of stasis so that it applies only to civil-war and open sedition, showing how his analysis excludes partisan anti…
Aristotle’s Theory of Partisanship
This paper develops and defends a new interpretation of Aristotle’s conception of democratic and oligarchic identity. Rejecting interpretations that ground partisan identities in class, greed, or conceptions of justice, this interpretation posits that Aristotle thought of democrats and oligarchs as being defined by the confluence of four distinct traits: (1) having an incorrect conception of happiness, (2) having an incorrect conception of politi…
Aristotle’s Theory of Partisanship
This paper develops and defends a new interpretation of Aristotle’s conception of democratic and oligarchic identity. Rejecting interpretations that ground partisan identities in class, greed, or conceptions of justice, this interpretation posits that Aristotle thought of democrats and oligarchs as being defined by the confluence of four distinct traits: (1) having an incorrect conception of happiness, (2) having an incorrect conception of politi…
Competition in the Best of Cities
By examining his account of individual virtues, making inferences from his analyses of flawed cities, and teasing out the tacit assumptions behind claims about the nature of political activity, I argue that Aristotle thinks of competition as being a political ideal rather than as an inevitable corruption of civic life. Virtuous citizens compete for civic honor through traditional “competitive outlays” and contend against one another for prestigio…
Delimiting Aristotle's Conception of Stasis in the Politics
Some scholars have claimed that Aristotle uses the word "stasis" to refer to any sort of conflict in the political realm, covering everything from civil-war to social rivalry. After developing an interpretation of Politics V.1-4, where Aristotle discusses the topic at length, I argue that he is in fact carefully delimiting the concept of stasis so that it applies only to civil-war and open sedition, showing how his analysis excludes partisan anti…
Aristotle
Aristotle's social theory is centered on the notion that human beings can only group themselves together by forming hierarchical communities. This entry explains Aristotle's conception of society as a composite of such communities, summarizes his understanding of why there are different kinds of community, and identifies the main social obstacles he understood faced political communities.
Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)