Socrates On Trial

Socrates On Trial is a novel that describes the return of Socrates to a modern city plagued by prejudice, privilege, and populism. He is arrested, interrogated, and confessed to by his inquisitor. On a Festival Day, he explores a new model for the just city based on learning and offers a new apology to the court. He reconceptualizes the meaning and significance of thinking and education, offering a renewed vision of justice. His conversations exert a gravitational force that draws key cultural elements of the city into its educational orbit, and at stake is the vulnerability of modern democracy to authoritarian leaders and their sponsors.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.

Socrates On Trial ,describing the return of Socrates to the modern city,heralds a new education for such a city.
Socrates On Trial, a novel by Rowan Williams, was named one of the Books of the Year (2021) by the New Statesman. The book narrates the return of Socrates to a modern city plagued by prejudice, privilege, and populism. Upon resuming his questioning in the agora, Socrates is arrested, interrogated by his prosecutors, questioned by his Judge, and confessed to by his inquisitor. On a Festival Day, Socrates explores a new model for the just city, one based not on mastery but on learning, before offering a new apology to the court that will once again decide his fate.

This new/old Socrates presents the city with a renewed vision of justice by reconceptualizing the meaning and significance of thinking and education. Through the force of Socratic questioning, he unravels a different logic of truth, freedom, and justice. His conversations exert a gravitational force that draws key cultural elements of the city, such as property, wealth, money, family, essence, gendered and racialized identities, production, distribution, and consumption, into its educational orbit. At stake here is the vulnerability of modern democracy to authoritarian leaders and their sponsors. Influenced by sophisticated propaganda, people's frustration with democracy is channeled into visceral anger on the one hand, and into disillusioned skepticism and cynicism on the other. Belief in truth and education collapses in exhaustion and fatigue, caught in the headlights of seemingly irresolvable and petrifying rational paradoxes that block all paths to social justice.

Socrates On Trial heralds a new education for such a city, one that seeks to address the challenges posed by prejudice, privilege, and populism. By reconceptualizing the meaning and significance of thinking and education, Socrates offers the city a renewed vision of justice. Through the force of Socratic questioning, he unravels a different logic of truth, freedom, and justice. His conversations exert a gravitational force that draws key cultural elements of the city into its educational orbit. At stake here is the vulnerability of modern democracy to authoritarian leaders and their sponsors. Influenced by sophisticated propaganda, people's frustration with democracy is channeled into visceral anger on the one hand, and into disillusioned skepticism and cynicism on the other. Belief in truth and education collapses in exhaustion and fatigue, caught in the headlights of seemingly irresolvable and petrifying rational paradoxes that block all paths to social justice.

In conclusion, Socrates On Trial is a powerful novel that offers a new education for a modern city plagued by prejudice, privilege, and populism. Through the force of Socratic questioning, Socrates unravels a different logic of truth, freedom, and justice. His conversations exert a gravitational force that draws key cultural elements of the city into its educational orbit. At stake here is the vulnerability of modern democracy to authoritarian leaders and their sponsors. By reconceptualizing the meaning and significance of thinking and education, Socrates offers the city a renewed vision of justice. Through the force of Socratic questioning, he unravels a different logic of truth, freedom, and justice. His conversations exert a gravitational force that draws key cultural elements of the city into its educational orbit. At stake here is the vulnerability of modern democracy to authoritarian leaders and their sponsors.

Weight: 404g
Dimension: 138 x 216 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350053717