{"product_id":"9781316054864","title":"Performing Citizenship in Plato's Laws","description":"In the Laws, Plato theorizes citizenship as simultaneously a political, ethical, and aesthetic practice. His reflection on citizenship finds its roots in a descriptive psychology of human experience, with sentience and, above all, volition seen as the primary targets of a lifelong training in the values of citizenship. In the city of Magnesia described in the Laws erôs for civic virtue is presented as a motivational resource not only within the reach of the 'ordinary' citizen, but also factored by default into its educational system. Supporting a vision of 'perfect citizenship' based on an internalized obedience to the laws, and persuading the entire polity to consent willingly to it, requires an ideology that must be rhetorically all-inclusive. In this city 'ordinary' citizenship itself will be troped as a performative action: Magnesia's choral performances become a fundamental channel for shaping, feeling and communicating a strong sense of civic identity and unity.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147063476464,"sku":"9781316054864","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781316054864_p0.jpg?v=1763706163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781316054864","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}