Political Crisis and its Resolution in Cyropaedia: the Armenia and Chaldea Affairs (2, 4, 12 – 3, 3, 1) [Spanish]

Authors

  • Rodrigo Illarraga Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Abstract

How to solve political crisis arising from the conflict between different societies? What actions ought to be undertaken? In this article we will address the answers that Xenophon gives to these questions in Cyropaedia having in mind the Armenian and Chaldean affairs. For doing this, we will study the situations, as well as the ways of resolution Cyrus used to deal with them. We will conclude that Xenophon presents Cyrus as an exceptional leader who makes use of a double strategy: generosity and coercion. Apparently contradictory concepts, they must be administered together in order to reach the voluntary submission of a foreign society.

Author Biography

Rodrigo Illarraga, Universidad de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Licenciado en Historia de la Facul­tad de Filosofía y Letras de la Uni­versidad de Buenos Aires (Argen­tina) y se encuentra realizando su Doctorado en Filosofía en la misma universidad, investigación que versa sobre el pensamiento político del grupo socrático, con especial aten­ción en la Ciropedia de Jenofonte. Es becario doctoral del CONICET y participa en diversos grupos de in­vestigación sobre filosofía antigua cumpliendo diversas tareas (director, codirector, investigación). Ha pre­sentado comunicaciones en eventos académicos nacionales e internacio­nales, publicado libros, traducciones y artículos académicos sobre cuestio­nes ligadas a la filosofía política de los filósofos socráticos.

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2017-06-13

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No. 27 (2017): No. 27 July-december 2017

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