Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought

In this interview, Dr Tae-Yeoun Keum discusses her new book Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought (Belknap/Harvard University Press, 2020), which argues for the relevance of myth in rational political thinking, showing how pivotal Platonic myth was to critical figures of the history of political thought.

Dr Tae-Yeoun Keum is assistant professor at University California Santa Barbara, where she teaches political theory.