Jordan Jochim
Biographic Data
| ID | 4125044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jordan Jochim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jordan |
| FAMILY NAME | Jochim |
| SIGNATURE | JOCHIM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3253-9142 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘Like a Master
Aristotle is widely identified as foundational to the understanding of tyranny as a form of political enslavement, wherein the ruled are treated ‘like a slave’ insofar as they are subjected to the arbitrary will of another. This article challenges the collapse of Aristotelian tyranny into arbitrary rule by reconstructing what it means, on Aristotle’s understanding, for tyrants to rule ‘like a master’. Aristotle suggests that tyrants and slave mas…
Ruling Bodies
From Tyrannicide to Revolution
Treatments of collective action in political science, classical Greek history, and democratic theory often focus on the episodic and public-facing dimensions of dissent. This article turns to Aristotle for an account of solidaristic political action whose scale and tempo is sometimes obscured by such engagements. Revisiting The Athenian Constitution ’s account of the tyrannicides of 514 BCE and the democratic revolution of 508/7 BCE, I argue for …
Aristotle, Tyranny, and the Small-Souled Subject
Political theorists converge in identifying modern techniques of domination as habit-formative and psychologically invasive, in contrast to earlier, more blatantly coercive forms of repression. Putting Aristotle on tyranny in conversation with Michel Foucault on subject formation, this article argues for continuity across the pre- and postmodern divide. Through a close reading of the “three heads of tyranny” in Politics 5.11 (1314a13-29)—those be…
The monarchy of fear
The monarchy of fear
Aristotle, Tyranny, and the Small-Souled Subject
Political theorists converge in identifying modern techniques of domination as habit-formative and psychologically invasive, in contrast to earlier, more blatantly coercive forms of repression. Putting Aristotle on tyranny in conversation with Michel Foucault on subject formation, this article argues for continuity across the pre- and postmodern divide. Through a close reading of the “three heads of tyranny” in Politics 5.11 (1314a13-29)—those be…
The monarchy of fear
From Tyrannicide to Revolution
Treatments of collective action in political science, classical Greek history, and democratic theory often focus on the episodic and public-facing dimensions of dissent. This article turns to Aristotle for an account of solidaristic political action whose scale and tempo is sometimes obscured by such engagements. Revisiting The Athenian Constitution ’s account of the tyrannicides of 514 BCE and the democratic revolution of 508/7 BCE, I argue for …
Aristotle, Tyranny, and the Small-Souled Subject
Political theorists converge in identifying modern techniques of domination as habit-formative and psychologically invasive, in contrast to earlier, more blatantly coercive forms of repression. Putting Aristotle on tyranny in conversation with Michel Foucault on subject formation, this article argues for continuity across the pre- and postmodern divide. Through a close reading of the “three heads of tyranny” in Politics 5.11 (1314a13-29)—those be…
Ruling Bodies
‘Like a Master
Aristotle is widely identified as foundational to the understanding of tyranny as a form of political enslavement, wherein the ruled are treated ‘like a slave’ insofar as they are subjected to the arbitrary will of another. This article challenges the collapse of Aristotelian tyranny into arbitrary rule by reconstructing what it means, on Aristotle’s understanding, for tyrants to rule ‘like a master’. Aristotle suggests that tyrants and slave mas…
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