Aristotle's Politics

Thornton Lockwood is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Quinnipiac University. He has published articles on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics in Phronesis, the Journal of the History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, Ancient Philosophy, Oxford Bibliographies On-line, and The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Thanassis Samaras is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Plato on Democracy (2002) and Plato, Apology and Crito: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2003). He has published a number of articles on the Pre-Socratics, Sophists, Plato and Aristotle, as well as a contribution to Plato's Laws: A Critical Guide (edited by Christopher Bobonich, 2010).

Introduction Thornton Lockwood and Thanassis Samaras; 1. Is politics a natural science? Pierre Pellegrin; 2. On logos and politics in Aristotle Jill Frank; 3. Political rule over women in Politics I Marguerite Deslauriers; 4. Politics II: political critique, political theorizing, political innovation Thornton Lockwood; 5. Politeia in Greek literature, inscriptions, and in Aristotle's Politics: reflections on translation and interpretation J. J. Mulhern; 6. Aristotle and the question of citizenship Thanassis Samaras; 7. Aristotle, political decision making, and the many Christopher Bobonich; 8. The 'mixed regime' in Aristotle's Politics Ryan Balot; 9. Little to do with justice: Aristotle on distributing political power Eckart Schütrumpf; 10. Aristotle on the corruption of regimes: resentment and justice Arlene W. Saxonhouse; 11. Aristotle on improving imperfect cities Pierre Destrée; 12. Nature, history and Aristotle's best possible regime Josiah Ober.