Norma Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norma Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norma |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Waller R. Newell, Tyrants
Waller Newell's historical typology of tyrants looks even more interesting from the philosophical perspective of Plato's Gorgias. Socrates pinpoints a blind spot typical of the reformer tyrant in Gorgias, whose success depends on his personal, not his principled, influence. Polus, the garden-variety tyrant, wants to acquire more and more with impunity, an old story with the usual bad ending. Callicles pushes furthest of all: it's only the excepti…
It's Not about Strauss
Melzer's irrefutable point is that what has been labeled “esotericism” in a condemnatory way is in fact the multilayered reality of written expression evident in all cultures across all history. There is virtually no text that does not call for some degree of interpretation, and any act of interpretation will turn up additional meanings “between the lines.” Philosophy Between the Lines is in a class by itself, but it has one very familiar echo: A…
Most Favored Status in Herodotus and Thucydides
T yranny and the E mergence of H istorical T hinking Herodotus and Thucydides, jointly responsible for the invention of history in the West, suggest an intriguing connection between historical thinking and the overcoming of tyrannical aspiration. On this topic, the historians should be regarded as fundamentally like-minded. Both object to the conventional tale of how Athens freed herself of her tyrants, the story of Harmodius and Aristogeiton and…
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of poli…
What Is Honor?
The Ship of State
"This book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance). Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, Norma Thompson locates a powerful theme: that the political health of organized political communities - from the ancient polis to the modern state to contempor…
Stories at the Limits
This chapter argues that the crucial element of the polis is its affinity for productive tension. The Greek discovery of the polis is premised not on exclusion but on tension, and when it falters, its best chroniclers take note. At its productive best, the polis produces tensions which accommodate masculine and feminine forces alike. The chapter explores Homer's Odyssey at the origins of the polis, Thucydides' Peloponnesian War at its breakdown, …
Joseph Hamburger
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Activities and Appointments
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Activities and Appointments
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Joseph Hamburger
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The Ship of State
"This book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance). Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, Norma Thompson locates a powerful theme: that the political health of organized political communities - from the ancient polis to the modern state to contempor…
Stories at the Limits
This chapter argues that the crucial element of the polis is its affinity for productive tension. The Greek discovery of the polis is premised not on exclusion but on tension, and when it falters, its best chroniclers take note. At its productive best, the polis produces tensions which accommodate masculine and feminine forces alike. The chapter explores Homer's Odyssey at the origins of the polis, Thucydides' Peloponnesian War at its breakdown, …
What Is Honor?
Most Favored Status in Herodotus and Thucydides
T yranny and the E mergence of H istorical T hinking Herodotus and Thucydides, jointly responsible for the invention of history in the West, suggest an intriguing connection between historical thinking and the overcoming of tyrannical aspiration. On this topic, the historians should be regarded as fundamentally like-minded. Both object to the conventional tale of how Athens freed herself of her tyrants, the story of Harmodius and Aristogeiton and…
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of poli…
It's Not about Strauss
Melzer's irrefutable point is that what has been labeled “esotericism” in a condemnatory way is in fact the multilayered reality of written expression evident in all cultures across all history. There is virtually no text that does not call for some degree of interpretation, and any act of interpretation will turn up additional meanings “between the lines.” Philosophy Between the Lines is in a class by itself, but it has one very familiar echo: A…
Waller R. Newell, Tyrants
Waller Newell's historical typology of tyrants looks even more interesting from the philosophical perspective of Plato's Gorgias. Socrates pinpoints a blind spot typical of the reformer tyrant in Gorgias, whose success depends on his personal, not his principled, influence. Polus, the garden-variety tyrant, wants to acquire more and more with impunity, an old story with the usual bad ending. Callicles pushes furthest of all: it's only the excepti…
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