TY  - BOOK
AU  - LeMoine,Rebecca
TI  - Plato's caves: the liberating sting of cultural diversity 
T2  - Oxford scholarship online
SN  - 9780190937010 (ebook) :
AV  - JA76 
U1  - 320.01 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Plato.
KW  - Political science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Intercultural communication
KW  - Political aspects
N1  - Also issued in print: 2020; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - From student protests over the teaching of canonical texts such as Plato's Republic to the use of images of classical Greek statues in white supremacist propaganda, the world of the ancient Greeks is deeply implicated in a heated contemporary debate about identity and diversity. In 'Plato's Caves', Rebecca LeMoine defends the bold thesis that Plato was a friend of cultural diversity, contrary to many contemporary perceptions. Through close readings of four Platonic dialogues - Republic, Menexenus, Laws, and Phaedrus - LeMoine shows that, across Plato's dialogues, foreigners play a role similar to that of Socrates: liberating citizens from intellectual bondage
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190936983.001.0001
ER  -