Corrupting youth : political education, democratic culture, and political theory / J. Peter Euben.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. I. Imploding the Canon: The Reform of Education and the War over Culture -- Ch. II. Corrupting Socrates -- Ch. III. The Battle of Salamis and the Origins of Political Theory -- Ch. IV. Democratic Accountability and Socratic Dialectic -- Ch. V. When There Are Gray Skies: Aristophanes' Clouds and the Political Education of Democratic Citizens -- Ch. VI. Antigone and the Languages of Politics -- Ch. VII. Oedipean Complexities and Political Science: Tragedy and the Search for Knowledge -- Ch. VIII. The Gorgias, Socratic Dialectic, and the Education of Democratic Citizens -- Ch. IX. The Protagoras and the Political Education of Democratic Citizens.