In his Symposium, Plato crafted a set of speeches in praise of love that has influenced writers and artists from antiquity to the present. Early Christian writers read the dialogue's 'ascent passage' as a vision of the soul's journey to heaven. Ficino's commentary on the Symposium inspired poets and artists throughout Renaissance Europe and introduced 'a Platonic love' into com...(展开全部)

From Library Journal In fall 1959, Strauss offered a course at the University of Chicago titled "Plato's Political Philosophy," during which he lectured on the Symposium. It was suggested shortly after that the lectures be reworked and published, and Strauss agreed. Benardete (classics, New York Univ.) worked on the manuscript, but Strauss was not satisfied with the results, an...(展开全部)

In this volume Leo Strauss presents a coherent and complete interpretation of Plato's "Symposium", proceeding by meticulous reading, from beginning to end. Strauss, operating on the idea that commentary is an useful method of expounding the truth, sheds light on the meaning of the dialogue and its place in the Platonic corpus, and also on a host of other topics, including the n...(展开全部)

Tracing a central theme of Plato's Republic, G. R. F. Ferrari reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. In four chapters, Ferrari examines the personalities and social status of the brothers Glaucon and Adeimantus, Plato's notion of justice, coherence in Plato's description of the decline...(展开全部)

Representing Reality is the first book to offer a conceptual overview of documentary filmmaking practice. It addresses numerous social issues and how they are presented to the viewer by means of style, rhetoric, and narrative technique. The volume poses questions about the relationship of the documentary tradition to power, the body, authority, knowledge, and our experience of ...(展开全部)

To stay relevant, art curators must keep up with the rapid pace of technological innovation as well as the aesthetic tastes of fickle critics and an ever-expanding circle of cultural arbiters. "Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance" argues that, despite these daily pressures, good curating work also requires more theoretical attention. In this groundbreaking volum...(展开全部)

Interpretation has emerged in recent years as one of the most interesting and important elements of legal scholarship. This collection of new essays in law and interpretation provides an overview of this important topic, written by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. The collection assesses the role of legislative intent in the interpretation of statutes, and ...(展开全部)

托德·兰德曼（Todd Landman），英国诺丁汉大学副校长、社会科学学院政治学系教授。主要研究方向为政治发展、民主、公民权利与社会运动等。 . 埃德齐娅·卡瓦略（Edzia Carvalho），英国邓迪大学社会科学学院政治学讲师。主要研究方向为选举、欧洲政治等。 . 汪卫华，北京大学国际关系学院副教授。主要研究领域为比较政治、中国政治和社会科学研究方法。

托德·兰德曼（Todd Landman），英国诺丁汉大学副校长、社会科学学院政治学系教授。主要研究方向为政治发展、民主、公民权利与社会运动等。 . 埃德齐娅·卡瓦略（Edzia Carvalho），英国邓迪大学社会科学学院政治学讲师。主要研究方向为选举、欧洲政治等。 . 汪卫华，北京大学国际关系学院副教授。主要研究领域为比较政治、中国政治和社会科学研究方法。

托德·兰德曼（Todd Landman），英国诺丁汉大学副校长、社会科学学院政治学系教授。主要研究方向为政治发展、民主、公民权利与社会运动等。 . 埃德齐娅·卡瓦略（Edzia Carvalho），英国邓迪大学社会科学学院政治学讲师。主要研究方向为选举、欧洲政治等。 . 汪卫华，北京大学国际关系学院副教授。主要研究领域为比较政治、中国政治和社会科学研究方法。