Aristotle's Politics: Critical Essays (Critical Essays on the Classics Series)

Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address, implicitly or explicitly, this very question about the relevance of Arisotle's thinking in contemporary political philosophy. Written by leading scholars in lucid and accessible style, the nine essays in this volume will be a critical resource for newcomers to Aristotle. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 10 Abbreviations 18 1 Aristippus in and out of Athens Stephen Taylor Holmes 20 2 Aristotle's Social Science Stephen G. Salkever 46 3 Political Animals and Civic Friendship John M. Cooper 84 4 Ideology and Philosophy in Aristotle's Theory of Slavery Malcolm Schofield 110 5 Property Rights in Aristotle Fred D. Miller Jr. 140 6 The Wisdom of the Multitude: Some Reflections on Book III, Chapter 11 of Aristotle's Politics Jeremy Waldron 164 7 Citizenship in Aristotle's Politics Dorothea Frede 186 8 Aristotle and Political Liberty Jonathan Barnes 204 9 Aristotle and Anarchism David Keyt 222 10 Aristotle's Natural Democracy Josiah Ober 242 Bibliography 264 About the Editors and Contributors 274 "Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. The essays in this volume sharpen this issue by addressing, implicitly or explicitly, this very question about the relevance of Aristotle's thinking in contemporary political philosophy. Written by leading scholars in lucid and accessible style, the ten essays in this volume will prove to be a critical resource for newcomers to Aristotle."--Jacket