{"product_id":"private-lives-public-deaths-jonathan-strauss-9780823251322","title":"Private Lives, Public Deaths: Antigone and the Invention of Individuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Private Lives, Public Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Strauss shows how Sophocles' tragedy \u003ci\u003eAntigone \u003c\/i\u003ecrystallized the political, intellectual, and aesthetic forces of an entire historical moment--fifth century Athens--into one idea: the value of a single living person. That idea existed, however, only as a powerful but unconscious desire. Drawing on classical studies, Hegel, and contemporary philosophical interpretations of this pivotal drama, Strauss argues that Antigone's tragedy, and perhaps all classical tragedy, represents a failure to satisfy this longing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo the extent that the value of a living individual remains an open question, what Sophocles attempted to imagine still escapes our understanding. Antigone is, in this sense, a text not from the past but from our future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Strauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823251322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823251322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Jonathan Strauss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136174797055,"sku":"9780823251322","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_925ce35a-66bf-47ba-81ef-cb54e168429a.jpg?v=1770161009","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/private-lives-public-deaths-jonathan-strauss-9780823251322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}