Sacred Sin: A Commentary on Sophocles' Antigone

Author: Bernard Tschumi / Zhang Xinzhang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is written by Bernard Tschumi, an American classicist and political philosopher. As one of the outstanding students of the contemporary political philosopher Strauss, Tschumi, with a profound background in classics and philosophy, offers a brilliant and intricate interpretation of one of the greatest tragedies of ancient Greece, Antigone. The book analyzes the tension between the "justice" of the gods and the "justice" of humans, arguing that from the perspective of secular politics, the divine justice becomes a sacred sin. This tension between justice and righteousness permeates the political and social life of ancient Greece from beginning to end, and Antigone's tragedy is its concrete manifestation. Additionally, Tschumi analyzes the ancient Greeks' profound traditional concepts of fate.