Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392) and index.
Contents
Part I. Political eros : an account from the Symposium -- Statesmanship and sexuality in Aristophanes' speech -- Law and nature in Aristophanes' speech -- Part II. The discourse of political eros -- Scientific and poetic traditions of eros in Thucydides -- Problem of aggression -- Problem of sublimation -- Part III. The Polis as a school for eros -- Civic nudity -- Patriotism and imperialism as eros.
