Mimesophobia and rhetorics of the contagion: fear of the poem as a political instrument in Plato’s Republic

Authors

  • Iván de los Ríos Gutiérrez Autonomous University of Madrid image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20318/fons.2019.4908

Keywords:

mimesis, Plato, artistic contagion, political passions

Abstract

This paper focuses on fear of artistic contagion and its political dimension in Plato’s Republic . For Plato fear is a rhetorical and pedagogical device for a new rational configuration of individuals and community. An instrument that feeds on the political passion par excellence: fear, and, more precisely, fear of contagion, fear of disease and loss of self-control.

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Author Biography

  • Iván de los Ríos Gutiérrez, Autonomous University of Madrid

    PROFESOR AYUDANTE DOCTOR FILOSOFÍA 2017-

    INVESTIGADOR, DOCENTE Y DIRECTOR LICENCIATURA EN FILOSOFÍA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO (CHILE) 2012-2017

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Published

2020-06-04

Issue

Vol. 4 (2019)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Mimesophobia and rhetorics of the contagion: fear of the poem as a political instrument in Plato’s Republic. (2020). ΠΗΓΗ/FONS, 4(1), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.20318/fons.2019.4908