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希臘肅劇與政治哲學:索福克勒斯忒拜劇作中的理性主義與宗教 Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy: Rationalism and Religion in Sophocles' Theban Plays

The cemetery in Sidiro, a small Greek village near the Turkish border, where about 200 unidentified people have been buried.
Credit...Enri Canaj/Magnum, for The New York Times

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Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy: Rationalism and Religion in Sophocles' Theban Plays 

  • Paperback: 206 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Reprint edition (May 16, 2011)


希臘肅劇與政治哲學

希臘肅劇與政治哲學:索福克勒斯忒拜劇作中的理性主義與宗教


作者簡介  · · · · · ·

古希臘肅劇源於每年一度的酒神祭(四月初舉行,通常持續五天),表達大地的回春感(自然由生到死、再由死復生的巡迴),祭儀內容主要是通過扮演動物表達心醉神迷、靈魂出竅的情態——這時要唱狂熱的酒神祭拜歌。公元前六百年時,富有詩才的科林多樂師阿瑞翁(Arion)使得這種民俗性的祭拜歌具有了確定的格律形式,稱為酒神祭歌,由有合唱和領唱的歌隊演唱。古希臘肅劇便衍生於在這種莊嚴肅穆的祭歌之間有情節的表演,劇情仍然圍繞祭神來展開。

目錄  · · · · · ·

中譯本前言
致謝
引言
一《俄狄浦斯王》與政治理性主義的局限
二《俄狄浦斯在科羅諾斯》中的盲目信念與啟蒙治邦術
三安提戈涅的虔敬英雄主義
結語:尼采、柏拉圖和亞里士多德論哲學與肅劇
參考書目
索引



In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: Should citizens and leaders govern political society by the light of unaided human reason or religious faith? Through a fresh examination of Sophocles' timeless masterpieces - Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone - Ahrensdorf offers a sustained challenge to the prevailing view, championed by Nietzsche in his attack on Socratic rationalism, that Sophocles is an opponent of rationalism. Ahrensdorf argues that Sophocles is a genuinely philosophical thinker and a rationalist, albeit one who advocates a cautious political rationalism. Such rationalism constitutes a middle way between an immoderate political rationalism that dismisses religion - exemplified in Oedipus the Tyrant - and a piety that rejects reason - exemplified by Oedipus at Colonus. Ahrensdorf concludes with an incisive analysis of Nietzsche, Socrates, and Aristotle on tragedy and philosophy. He argues, against Nietzsche, that the rationalism of Socrates and Aristotle incorporates a profound awareness of the tragic dimension of human existence and therefore resembles in fundamental ways the somber and humane rationalism of Sophocles.



Review



"Ahrensdorf, a political philosopher, gathers Socrates, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, around a table in his virtual department of political theory in order to retrieve Sophoclean drama for the world of reason. I would invite rather different figures to the discussion (including Protagoras, Thucydides and Hegel as well as some theatre directors) and emphasise the exceptional complexity of Sophocles' portrayal, through enacted dialogue, of the dialectic between deliberation and intuition in human responses to an often baffling universe. Yet it is ultimately gratifying to find a political philosopher addressing this great dramatist with such energy and conviction...
Notre Dame Philosophical Review

"Ahrensdorf has written an exceptional study of Sophoclean drama that will challenge the way we think about this poet, in particular, and the purposes of tragic poetry, in general."
Review of Politics

"... written with intellectual clarity and that the author's views of Greek tragedy and philosophical literature are clearly worth becoming antiquated with."
Arctos




塵風  2012-11-20 09:29:05Cambridge University Press2009版

試譯本書第一章(轉載請說明出處,請勿用於商業用途)


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