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Motivated by the reentry of tyranny into political discourse and political action, this new collection of essays compares ancient and contemporary accounts of tyranny in an effort to find responses to current political dilemmas and enduring truths. Identified by Plato and Aristotle as the worst kind of regime, the concept of tyranny was called into question during the Enlightenment and finally rejected in the 20th century as questions of good and evil were separated from facts-the proper domain for political science. However, in our globally interconnected world, tyrants are no longer dangerous solely to their subjects and neighbors, but to all. Confronting Tyranny brings together distinguished scholars to explore the lessons of classical political philosophy for the present political crisis of understanding and action.
Contents
1 Why Talk about Tyranny Today?
2 Tyranny, Ancient and Modern
3 Tyranny Bound
4 An Omission from Ancient and Early Modern Theories of Tyranny: Genocidal Tyrannies
5 Failures of Autonomy: A Hegelian Diagnosis of Modern Tyranny
6 What is "Tyranny"?: Considering the Contested Discourse of Domination in the Twenty-First Century
7 Postcolonial African and Middle Eastern Tyrannies: Combing the Worst of the Classical and Modern Traditions
8 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche: From the Ancient to the Modern
9 Tyranny from Plato to Locke
10 Is There an Ontology of Tyranny?
11 Tyranny and the Womanish Soul
12 The Soul of the Tyranny, and the Souls of You and Me: Plato's Understanding of Tyranny
13 The Education of a Tyrant
14 The Folly of the Wise?
15 In the Shadow of the Fortress
16 The New Age of Tyranny
