Barker Ernest. Greek Political Theory: Plato and his Predecessors

Routledge, 2013. — 492 p.Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this book Plato appears as himself – a revolutionary indeed, and even an authoritarian, but a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good, and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the Right or the Left.Sir Ernest Barker, FBA (1874–1960) was an English political scientist who served as Principal of King's College London from 1920 to 1927.