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100	1		_aMONOSON, S. Sara _929699
245	1	0	_aThe illusion of power and the disruption of moral norms : _bThycydides' critique of Periclean policy
260			_aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _cJune 1998
520	3		_aIn this article, we attribute Thucydides' power to resist summation to his pervasive use of antithesis as a tool of narrative and analytical style. Antithesis in the form of paired speeches or the dramatic juxtaposition of, for example, the Periclean funeral oration and the plague narrative is well known. But Thucydides' use of antithesis in his treatment of Pericles, a part of the text usually thought to exhibit a more straightforward teaching, has commanded less attention. We investigate that treatment here, anticipating a more subtle and elaborate judgment on the Periclean virtues and a window onto Thucydides' political thought. We conclude that the historian's treatment of Pericles conveys two antithetical yet complementary attitudes regarding the possibility of conducting ourselves wisely. The first is a relentless skepticism about humanity's capacity to assure its welfare by relying on a kind of strategic brilliance that is exercised in either ignorance or defiance of moral norms. The second is a conviction that moral norms must be buttressed by the effective application of coercive power. Thucydides' driving attention to both these views goes to the heart of much contemporary theorizing in international relations regarding the appropriateness of moral or strategic action.
700	1		_aLORIAUX, Michael _929700
773	0	8	_tAmerican Political Science Review _g92, 2, p. 285-298 _dNew York, NY : Cambridge University Press, June 1998 _xISSN 0003-0554 _w
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