Political Narrations

This book analyzes narrations embedded in political disputes, allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of modern political reality. The author explores this theme in readings of the Sophocles tragedy
Antigone
, the
Melian Dialogue
of Thucydides, Heinrich von Kleist s novella
Michael Kohlhaas
, Fyodor Dostoevsky' s
The Grand Inquisitor
and E. L. Doctorow s
Ragtime
novel, taking into account the relevant interdisciplinary aspects of the narratives. His study of these four narrations focuses on key political concepts, such as might and right, self-interest, legality and justice, the nation-state and democracy, and relates them compellingly to current actuality. Since narrations can exert comprehensive and lasting influence on individuals political discernment, this systematic analysis allows for a better comprehension of politics in education and civics.

1. The Narrative Approach to Civic Education. - 2. Sophocles:
Antigone
. - 3. Thucydides:
The Melian Dialogue
. - 4. Heinrich von Kleist:
Michael Kohlhaas
. -5. Fyodor Dostoevsky:
The Grand Inquisitor
. - 6. E. L. Doctorow:
Ragtime
.