Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism

Author:   Shadi Bartsch
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691229591


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Shadi Bartsch
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691229591


ISBN 10:   0691229597
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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"""A revelatory look at how China uses, and sometimes abuses, classical thought. . . . Like Plato’s dialogues themselves, [this book] breathes with drama.""---Sean Durns, Washington Examiner ""A valuable volume.""---Rana Mitter, Times Literary Supplement ""Bartsch’s work is especially fitting for our time.""---Jesse Russell, The Federalist ""Masterful. . . .There is so much to unpack in Bartsch’s deeply researched book.""---Michael Sheridan, Engelsberg Ideas ""Original and penetrating.""---Paul Cartledge, Classics for All ""A critical, highly relevant journey into China through scholars’ interpretations of the ancient Greeks."" * Choice Reviews *"


A revelatory look at how China uses, and sometimes abuses, classical thought. . . . Like Plato's dialogues themselves, [this book] breathes with drama. ---Sean Durns, Washington Examiner


A revelatory look at how China uses, and sometimes abuses, classical thought. . . . Like Plato's dialogues themselves, [this book] breathes with drama. ---Sean Durns, Washington Examiner Bartsch's work is especially fitting for our time. ---Jesse Russell, The Federalist Original and provocative. . . .Deeply researched. ---Michael Sheridan, Engelsberg Ideas


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Shadi Bartsch is an award-winning classicist and the Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where she directs the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge. She is the author and editor of numerous books and the translator of an acclaimed version of the Aeneid.

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