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253Egalitarian Aristotelianism: Common Interest, Justice, and the Art of PoliticsΦιλοσοφία/Philosophia. Yearbook of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens 1 (51): 171-186. 2021.This paper aims to reevaluate Aristotelian political theory from an egalitarian perspective and to pinpoint its legacy and relevance to contemporary political theory, demonstrating its importance for contemporary liberal democracies in a changing world, suggesting a new critique of liberal and neoliberal political theory and practice, and especially the improvement of our notion of the modern liberal-democratic state, since most contemporary representative liberal democracies fail to take into a…Read more
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17Virtue ethics and contemporary Aristotelianism: modernity, conflict and politics (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic. 2020.This compelling and distinctive volume advances Aristotelianism by bringing its traditional virtue ethics to bear upon characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute. Clearly divided into three parts and featuring a contribution from Alasdair MacIntyre, this volume bridges the gap between Aristotle's philosophy and the multitude of contemporary Aristotelian theories that have been formulated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part I dra…Read more
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284Aristotle on a Meaningful Life’ (Review paper of Andrius Bielskis, Existence, Meaning, Excellence: Aristotelian Reflections on the Meaning of Life, Routledge, London & New York 2017)Studia Philosophica Wratislaviensia 14 (1): 191-199. 2019.
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159Aristotle on a Meaningful Life (Review paper of Andrius Bielskis, Existence, Meaning, Excellence: Aristotelian Reflections on the Meaning of Life, Routledge, London & New York 2017)Studia Philosophica Wratislaviensia 14 (1): 191-199. 2019.
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52Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism: Modernity, Conflict and Politics (edited book, 2nd ed.)Bloomsbury. 2021.This compelling and distinctive volume advances Aristotelianism by bringing its traditional virtue ethics to bear upon characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute. This volume bridges the gap between Aristotle's philosophy and the multitude of contemporary Aristotelian theories that have been formulated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part I draws on Aristotle's texts and Thomas Aquinas' Aristotelianism to examine the Aristotelian…Read more
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273Κράτη και πολίτες: κοινότητα, ταυτότητα, διαφορετικότητα (edited book)Smili Publications. 2016.This volume is the result of the research project that was realized under the sponsorship of the Onassis Foundation. The eleven papers that are included in the volume have been selected vis-à-vis the actuality of the Greek, European and International political crisis. The organization of this collective volume into four thematic sections aims at revealing as many as possible contexts of the thematic dipoles: cosmopolitanism-patriotism, democracy-friendship, rights-toleration, identity-diversity,…Read more
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747Desire, Love, Emotions: A Philosophical Reading of M. Karagatsis Kitrinos FakelosModern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand) 16 74-109. 2014.My aim in this paper is to attempt a philosophical reading of M. Karagatsis’ novel Kitrinos Fakelos (1956), focusing my analysis on the passions and the emotions of its fictional characters, aiming at demonstrating their independence as well as the presentation of their psychography in Karagatsis’ novel where the description of the emotions caused by love is a dominant feature. In particular, I will examine the expression of desire, love (erôs) and sympathy in this novel – passions and emotions …Read more
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606Justice and Moderation in the State: Aristotle and BeyondIn Leontsini Eleni (ed.), Philosophy of Justice, International Institute of Philosophy, Series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey, vol. 12,, Springer. pp. 27-42. 2015.Ιn this paper I aim to analyze Aristotle’s account of political justice (to politikon dikaion) in both the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics, since it is these accounts that are most relevant to his advocacy of moderation and mixed constitution, and I aim to show how justice and equality are crucial for the promotion of the common interest of the polis. In addition, I explore the connection made between justice, equality, democracy, liberty, and friendship, and attempt to further excavate Aris…Read more
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214MacIntyre’s Contemporary Aristotelianism: Aristotelianism as a TraditionPhainomena 72 153-165. 2010.Since the 1980’s, a key issue in political philosophy has been the debate between communitarian philosophers, such as Alasdair MacIntyre, Michael Sandel, Michael Walzer and Charles Taylor, and those who support forms of liberal individualism, such as that found in Rawls’s Theory of Justice. In this debate, reference has quite often been made to Aristotle. This is particularly so in the case of Alasdair MacIntyre, who is frequently seen as presenting a neo-Aristotelian view. Nevertheless, it is n…Read more
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3832The Motive of Society: Aristotle on Civic Friendship, Justice, and ConcordRes Publica 19 (1): 21-35. 2013.My aim in this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of the Aristotelian notion of civic friendship to contemporary political discussion by arguing that it can function as a social good. Contrary to some dominant interpretations of the ancient conception of friendship according to which it can only be understood as an obligatory reciprocity, I argue that friendship between fellow citizens is important because it contributes to the unity of both state and community by transmitting feelings of int…Read more
Eleni Leontsini
University of Ioannina
Mykolas Romeris University
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Mykolas Romeris UniversityCentre for Aristotelian Studies and Critical TheoryInternational Research Fellow
Ioánnina, Ioannina, Greece
Areas of Interest
Aesthetics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Philosophy of Education |