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
Toivo Koivukoski teaches political philosophy at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. David Edward Tabachnick is assistant professor of political science at Nipissing University.
In this important and unique contribution to political theory,
editors Koivukoski and Tabachnik have compiled a diverse range of
selections that update and evaluate the classical concept of
tyranny for the contemporary world. A complete reading of this book
will give the reader a thorough and well-rounded knowledge of the
concept and application of tyranny in the ancient and modern
worlds. As impressive as this volume's breadth is its readability.
Highly Recommended.
*CHOICE*
Tyranny is an old and powerful word. This excellent collection
demonstrates the ways in which we can usefully bring understandings
of tyranny to bear as we think about our own circumstances. Highly
recommended for all students of politics.....
*Jean Bethke Elshtain, The Laura Spelman Rockeller Professor of
Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago; author of Just
War Against Terror*
Tyranny is an old and powerful word. This excellent collection
demonstrates the ways in which we can usefully bring understandings
of tyranny to bear as we think about our own circumstances. Highly
recommended for all students of
politics.
*Jean Bethke Elshtain, The Laura Spelman Rockeller Professor of
Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago; author of Just
War Against Terror*
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