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Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemporary theory and ideology could conceive of entire communities based on desire. A recurrent aspiration was to transform the polity into one great household that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this study, Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love and civic friendship as sources of political attachment and as bonds of political association. Studying the ancient view of eros recovers a way of looking at political phenomena that provides a bridge, missing in modern thought, between the private and public spheres, between erotic love and civic commitment. Ludwig's study thus has important implications for the theoretical foundations of community.

Eros (Greek deity). --- Homosexuality --- Political science --- Sex --- Political aspects --- History. --- Science politique --- Homosexualité --- Sexualité --- Eros (Divinité grecque) --- Histoire --- Aspect politique --- Eros --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Same-sex attraction --- Sexual orientation --- Bisexuality --- Eρως --- Phanes --- Erot --- Эрот --- Ерос --- Eroso --- Earós --- 에로스 --- Erosŭ --- ארוס --- Эрос --- Erots --- Erotas --- Erósz --- エロース --- Erosi --- 厄洛斯 --- Eluosi --- Cupid --- Eros (Greek deity) --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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Aristotle argued that citizenship is like friendship, and this book applies his argument to modern society. Modern citizens may lack the concept of civic friendship, but they persist in many practices and passions that were once considered essential to it. Citizens share many similarities with friends: prejudices held in common, favoritism towards each other, and - despite disagreement on specifics - underlying agreement about what is important, such as freedom and equality. Aristotle's theory reminds us that civic friendship is a factual condition of healthy societies, not a pie-in-the-sky ideal. By recognizing when it occurs and understanding it, we can build on it to counteract societal polarization. Civic friendship offers an alternative to populism and nationalism by engaging some of the same passions. In an era increasingly marked by tribalism and identity politics, this timely study will be of interest to a wide range of readers in political science, classics, and philosophy.

Friendship --- Affection --- Friendliness --- Conduct of life --- Interpersonal relations --- Love --- Philosophy. --- Civil society. --- Polarization (Social sciences) --- Liberalism. --- Political ethics. --- Aristotle. --- Ethics, Political --- Ethics in government --- Government ethics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Ethics --- Civics --- Liberal egalitarianism --- Liberty --- Social sciences --- Social groups --- Social influence --- Social contract --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Aristoteles --- Aristote --- Aristotle --- Arisṭāṭṭil --- Aristo, --- Aristotel --- Aristotele --- Aristóteles, --- Aristòtil --- Aristotile --- Arisṭū --- Arisṭūṭālīs --- Arisutoteresu --- Arystoteles --- Ya-li-shih-to-te --- Ya-li-ssu-to-te --- Yalishiduode --- Yalisiduode --- Ἀριστοτέλης --- Αριστοτέλης --- Аристотел --- ארסטו --- אריםטו --- אריסטו --- אריסטוטלס --- אריסטוטלוס --- אריסטוטליס --- أرسطاطاليس --- أرسططاليس --- أرسطو --- أرسطوطالس --- أرسطوطاليس --- ابن رشد --- اريسطو --- Pseudo Aristotele --- Pseudo-Aristotle --- アリストテレス