The Odyssey of Political Theory The Politics

This important book offers readers original insights into The Odyssey, and it provides a new understanding of the classic works of Plato, Rousseau, Vico, Horkheimer, and Adorno.

Patrick J. Deneen is assistant professor of politics at Princeton University

Acknowledgments

viii

Preface

ix

Introduction Between Oikos and Cosmos

1

(26)

The Odyssey as Political Theory

27

(54)

Resolving the Ancient Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy: Plato's Odyssey

81

(50)

The Harrowing of Rousseau's Emile

131

(38)

Escaping the Dialectic: Vico, the Frankfurt School, and the Dialectic of Enlightenment

169

(42)

Against Cosmopolitanism: Resisting the Sirens' Song

211

(32)

Appendix Illustrations

243

(8)

Bibliography

251

(16)

Index

267

(8)

About the Author

275

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The Odyssey of Political Theory The Politics of Departure and Return

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