Ryan Krieger Balot's Books

Previous scholars and writers have either celebrated the idealism in Plato's Laws or denounced its totalitarianism. Ryan K. Balot, by contrast, refuses to interpret the dialogue as a political blueprint, whether admirable or misguided. Instead, he shows that it constitutes Plato's greatest philosophical investigation of political life. In this transformative re-appraisal, Balot reveals that Plato's goal was to cultivate a tragic attitude toward our political passions, commitments, and aspirations.

Brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic value, linked to ideals such as freedom, equality, and rationality, and with implications for the conduct of war, gender relations, and citizens' self-image as democrats.

Book's by Ryan Krieger Balot

Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws

Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws

Courage in the Democratic Polis

Courage in the Democratic Polis

Courage in the Democratic Polis

Courage in the Democratic Polis

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