Showing 1 through 3 of 3 records. | 1. Strickler, Vincent. "Constitutional Cassandra: Vindicating Brutus, the Anti-Federalist" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, <Not Available>. 2009-11-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p138572_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: The dire predictions of ?Brutus? have come largely true. But, Federalists denied their plausibility. Thus, they reveal what both sides of the original constitutional debate believed that the Constitution was not or should not be. |
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| 2. Durward, Barbara. ""Tragedy, Prophecy, and Political Theory: A Study of Cassandra in Aeschylus' Oresteia Trilogy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-11-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66709_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
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Abstract: This paper uses the figure of Cassandra, a character from ancient Greek myth and tragedy, to frame an investigation into a range of interlocking issues of importance to political thought. It draws on the representation of Cassandra utilized by Aeschylus in his Oresteia trilogy, a work which presents a mythologized account of the establishment of democracy in the Athenian polis. Different readings of the Oresteia have been used by liberal, Marxist, feminist and post-modern theoretical positions in order to support particular claims about the theory and practice of politics. By revealing Cassandra as a figure who simultaneously defines and transgresses the boundaries of what is considered political, this paper demands that we re-examine our assumptions about both what constitutes the political realm, and who may take part in political conversation. |
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