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In the Laws, Plato theorizes citizenship as simultaneously a political, ethical, and aesthetic practice. His reflection on citizenship finds its roots in a descriptive psychology of human experience, with sentience and, above all, volition seen as the primary targets of a lifelong training in the values of citizenship. In the city of Magnesia described in the Laws eros for civic virtue is presented as a motivational resource not only within the reach of the 'ordinary' citizen, but also factored by default into its educational system. Supporting a vision of 'perfect citizenship' based on an internalized obedience to the laws, and persuading the entire polity to consent willingly to it, requires an ideology that must be rhetorically all-inclusive. In this city 'ordinary' citizenship itself will be troped as a performative action: Magnesia's choral performances become a fundamental channel for shaping, feeling and communicating a strong sense of civic identity and unity.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Performing Citizenship in Plato's Laws
• Author: Lucia Prauscello
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 281
• EAN: 9781107072886
• ISBN: 1107072883
• ID: 04767467
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 468 g
• Dimensions: 224 × 162 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. November 2014

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