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The Republican Hero
- From Homer to Batman
Engelsk Hardback
The Republican Hero
- From Homer to Batman
Engelsk Hardback

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Explores the question of whether heroes matter in the modern republic.

Politically speaking, do heroes matter? Are we living in a post-heroic age? The Republican Hero addresses both these questions. The general tenor of modern thinking is that heroes do matter but that the modern age is characterized by a narrowing of moral horizons once illuminated by heroes, secular and spiritual. Michael Lusztig argues that the modern world is not post-heroic. He makes the case that the modern age is the most heroic age, if measured in terms of the Aristotelian currency of balance and completeness. To this end, he identifies four main hero-types-the epic, magnanimous, Romantic, and common. Each can rightfully be called a republican hero: each contributes to the promotion or protection or provision of republican values. Each exemplifies the heroic virtues of their age. However, taken conjunctively, each contributes to what Lusztig conceives as the complete republican hero of the modern age.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
285
ISBN-13:
9781438495378
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438495374
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2023
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2023
Forfatter(e):
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