Delimiting Aristotle's Conception of Stasis in the Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5838352 |
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| Authors | Steven Skultety (1Department of Philosophy and Religion, Bryant Hall, Rm. 020, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677-1848, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 346-370 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phronesis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8868 • E-ISSN: 1568-5284 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/003188609x12486562883174 |
| OpenAlex | W2037963288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
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 antipathy, legal disputes, and political competition. I conclude with some reflections on the significance of this position: by defining stasis narrowly, Aristotle not only offers a profound critique of Plato's theory of regime change, but adopts a position that allows his political philosophy to be relevant for modern theories requiring acceptance rather than rejection of conflict in the political realm
Ancient philosophy · Antipathy · Realm · Rivalry · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2014 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |