The Composition of Aristotle's Athenaion Politeia: Observation and Explanation

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The Composition of Aristotle's Athenaion Politeia: Observation and Explanation John J.The Composition of Aristotle's ... Textbook Keaney
Type:	eBook
Released:	1992
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Page Count:	208
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	0195070321
ISBN-13:	9780195070323

Discovered one hundred years ago, Aristotle's Athenaion Politeia is invaluable to contemporary understanding of Athenian democracy. As a historical record, however, it has been found to be so unreliable that some have questioned its true authorship, and it has remained largely ignored by those studying philosophy and literature. Keaney uses a literary approach to reassert Aristotle's authorship and to present the Athenaion Politeia as a document that defies the constraints of any particular genre--probably never intended to be a piece of historical writing. He goes beyond the traditional approach of historical analysis to consider the work as characteristic of a new and innovative genre created by Aristotle, that of empirically-based cultural history.