Plato¿s Labyrinth

This original and stimulating study of Plato's Socratic dialogues rereads and reinterprets Plato's writings in terms of their dialogical or dramatic form. Taking inspiration from the techniques of Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, and Leo Strauss, Aakash Singh Rathore presents the Socratic dialogues as labyrinthine texts replete with sophistries and lies that mask behind them important philosophical and political conspiracies.

Aakash Singh Rathore is Visiting Professor at the Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Director of the International Research Network for Religion and Democracy (www.irnrd.org). He is also an International Fellow of the Center for Ethics & Global Politics in Rome, Italy. His previous work includes Indian Political Theory: Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj (2017), and Indian Political Thought: A Reader (co-edited with Silika Mohapatra, 2010), also published by Routledge.

Acknowledgements. Parodos: Esoteric Writing, Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies 1. The Dramatic Labyrinth: On Plato's Parmenides, page 1 2. The Love of Laughter, on Plato's Republic 1.0 First Intermission: Xenophon's Hiero: A Straussian Rendition 3. The Joy of Sex: On Plato's Republic 2.0 4. How to Train Your Demon: On Plato's Symposium Second Intermission: Plato's Conspiracy Against the Sophists 5. The Morality of the Master: On Plato's Meno 6. Reading Plato through Homer's Odyssey: A Conspiracy Theory Exodos: Where do We Go from Here? Bibliography. Index