Daniel Schillinger: Entangling Plato: A Guide through the Political Theory Archive

Daniel Schillinger
June 3, 2025

Daniel Schillinger, Lecturer in Political Science, has an article in the journal Political Theory entitled “Entangling Plato: A Guide through the Political Theory Archive.”

Abstract:

Political theorists have increasingly sought to place Plato in active dialogue with democracy ancient and modern by examining what S. Sara Monoson calls “Plato’s democratic entanglements.” More precisely, Monoson, J. Peter Euben, Arlene Saxonhouse, Christina Tarnopolsky, and Jill Frank approach Plato as both an immanent critic of the Athenian democracy and a searching theorist of self-governance. In this guide through the Political Theory archive, we explore “entanglement approaches” to the study of Plato, outlining their contribution to our understanding of Plato’s political thought and to the discipline of political theory.