Ruling Bodies: A Study of Coercion and Punishment in Plato's Republic, Laws, and Gorgias

Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (2022)
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This book examines how Plato theorized about coercion and punishment in the Republic, the Laws, and the Gorgias. It highlights a problem in the way we understand coercion in modern politics, and then offers a new framework and context for thinking about this.

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