R. E. Allen’s Republic
Plato: The Republic. Translated by R.E. Allen. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. As with his other works on Plato’s dialogues, R. E. Allen’s translation of…
Andrea Tschemplik’s Republic
The Republic. The Comprehensive Student Edition. Andrea Tschemplik. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. Tschempilk's The Republic is an excellent textbook for undergraduate students. It is based on the…
The Millenarian Platonism of Alain Badiou (Part III)
Plato’s Republic. Alain Badiou with Susan Spitzer, trans. Polity Press, Cambridge, 2015. In the first two parts of this essay I outlined the millenarian Platonism of French…
The Millenarian Platonism of Alain Badiou (Part II)
Plato’s Republic. Alain Badiou with Susan Spitzer, trans. Polity Press, Cambridge, 2015. Part 2: Voegelin and Girard on Badiou. This is the second instalment in a three-part…
The Millenarian Platonism of Alain Badiou (Part I)
Plato’s Republic. Alain Badiou with Susan Spitzer, trans. Polity Press, Cambridge, 2015. Plenty of books have been written about Plato’s Republic. However, as far as I can…
Democracy is Anarchy in The Republic
Our systems are at the breaking point now. We need more roads, more hospitals, more schools, more nurses, more teachers, more police, more fire, more water, more…