One of the hazards of studying references to Thucydides in contemporary public debate is that, after a while, you start to anticipate them, and develop pre-emptive analysis. Clearly there are people who can’t see an international crisis without thinking of a Peloponnesian War analogy; I seem to be turning into someone who can’t see an international crisis without thinking of what Peloponnesian War analogy these people are likely to think of – which occasionally means I end up drawing parallels that no one else bothers to develop. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Kleon’
The New Alcibiades
Posted in Musings, tagged Alcibiades, Alexis Tsipras, analogy, Greece, Kleon, lessons of the past, Pericles, Syriza, Thucydides on January 30, 2015| 6 Comments »
