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Apologia lui Protagoras
The apology of Protagoras
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Abstract The paper explores the merits of Protagoras' view of politics as a possible intellectual source of the post-communist theory of democracy. Unbeknownst to themselves, Romanian politicians and political scientist tend to understand the function of politics in the footsteps of Plato and Lenin, as an ar... view more
The paper explores the merits of Protagoras' view of politics as a possible intellectual source of the post-communist theory of democracy. Unbeknownst to themselves, Romanian politicians and political scientist tend to understand the function of politics in the footsteps of Plato and Lenin, as an art, or science of leadership. Interested mainly in the effectiveness of government, they give no significant heed to the issue of rights and liberties. The great discourse of Protagoras of Abdera could supply, in a normative way, the conceptual tools for a different approach to politics, as a pedagogical rhetoric of legal and political equality.... view less
Keywords
Romania; democracy; politician; political theory; post-communist society
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 819-833
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 5 (2005) 4
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0