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      • Jon Hesk, University of St Andrews, Scotland
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2009
      November 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511483028
      9780521643221
      9780521028714
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483028
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.68kg, 346 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.538kg, 348 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
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    This book, first published in 2000, is a full-length study of the representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr Hesk traces the ways in which Athenian drama, democratic oratory and elite prose-writing construct and theorize a relationship between dishonesty and civic identity. He focuses on the ideology of military trickery, notions of the 'noble lie' and the developing associations of rhetorical language with deceptive communication. Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens combines close analysis of Athenian texts with lively critiques of modern theorists and classical scholars. Athenian democratic culture was crucially informed by a nuanced, anxious and dynamic discourse on the problems and opportunities which deception presented for its citizenry. Mobilizing comparisons with twentieth-century democracies, the author argues that Athenian literature made deception a fundamental concern for democratic citizenship. This ancient discourse on lying highlights the dangers of modern resignation and postmodern complacency concerning the politics and morality of deception.

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    '… thoughtful and wide-ranging.'

    Source: Perspectives on Politics

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