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Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship
Author(s): John Zumbrunnen (Author)
- Publisher: University of Rochester Press
- Publication Date: 25 Mar. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 174 pages
- ISBN-10: 1580464173
- ISBN-13: 9781580464178
Book Description
John Zumbrunnen is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the author of
Silence and Democracy: Athenian Politics in Thucydides’ History as well as numerous articles and essays.Editorial Reviews
Review
Very interesting…the book, primarily aimed at political theorists, will also prove interesting to classicists and general readers. CHOICE
Zumbrunnen’s scholarship is, on the whole, excellent and comprehensive. His readings of Aristophanes are as sound as any that I have seen and he makes thorough recourse to a wide range of secondary sources… [it] should prove extremely useful to any student or academic interested in Aristophanes’ and the Classics as well, more broadly, to those in International Relations and Political History. QUARTERLY REVIEW
Zumbrunnen offers original readings of Aristophanic comedy, demonstrating its continued relevance today. His sophisticated and careful analysis encourages readers to appreciate the tension-laden possibilities of democratic life–in both ancient Athens and in our own world. Ultimately, his discussion of the `comic disposition of the spectator-citizen’ casts democratic citizenship in a new light, helping to move political theory forward in provocative ways. –Elizabeth Markovits, Mount Holyoke College, author of
The Politics of Sincerity: Plato, Frank Speech, and Democratic Judgment
