Political Narrations Antigone, the Melian Dialogue, Michael Kohlhaas, the Grand Inquisitor and Ragtime
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Sprache:Englisch
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
24.01.2019
Abbildungen
VI, 123 p.
Verlag
SpringerSeitenzahl
123
Maße (L/B/H)
23.5/15.5/0.8 cm
Gewicht
213 g
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-030-09988-6
This book analyzes narrations embedded in political disputes, allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of modern political reality. The author explores this theme in readings of the Sophocles tragedy
Antigone
, the
Melian Dialogue
of Thucydides, Heinrich von Kleist’s novella
Michael Kohlhaas
, Fyodor Dostoevsky's
The Grand Inquisitor
and E.L. Doctorow’s
Ragtime
novel, taking into account the relevant interdisciplinary aspects of the narratives. His study of these four narrations focuses on key political concepts, such as might and right, self-interest, legality and justice, the nation-state and democracy, and relates them compellingly to current actuality. Since narrations can exert comprehensive and lasting influence on individuals’ political discernment, this systematic analysis allows for a better comprehension of politics in education and civics.
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