(Paperback)

Challenges the held view that Plato is a virulent opponent of all things democratic. This book focuses on Plato's engagement with democracy as he knew it: a cluster of cultural practices that reach into private and public life, as well as a set of governing institutions.

(Hardback)

Sara Monoson challenges the view that Plato is an opponent of all things democratic. She argues that we should attend more closely to Plato's suggestion that democracy is horrifying and exciting, and she seeks to explain why he found it morally and politically intriguing.