{"product_id":"greek-tragedy-and-contemporary-democracy-mark-chou-9781628922509","title":"Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Democracy","description":"This engaging work tells the story of democracy through the perspective of tragic drama. It shows how the ancient tales of greatness and its loss point to the potential dangers of democracy then and now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreek Tragedy dramatized a variety of stories, characters, and voices drawn from reality, especially from those marginalized by Athens's democracy. It brought up dissident figures through its multivocal form, disrupting the perception of an ordered reality. Today, this helps us grasp the reality of Athenian democracy, that is, a system steeped in patriarchy, slavery, warmongering, and xenophobia. The book reads through two renditions of Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eSuppliants \u003c\/i\u003eas democratic texts for the twenty-first century, to show how such multivocal dramas actually address not only the pitfalls of our contemporary democracy, but also a range of environmental, security, socio-economic, and political dilemmas that afflict democratic politics today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in a very accessible manner, \u003ci\u003eGreek Tragedy and Contemporary Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively book that will appeal to any political science and international relations student interested in issues of democracy, governance, democratic peace, and democratic theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Chou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628922508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628922509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Mark Chou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445456384255,"sku":"9781628922509","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70dc1866-bff0-4c99-a4b2-bedc45257c25.jpg?v=1777218670","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greek-tragedy-and-contemporary-democracy-mark-chou-9781628922509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}