“A fresh reading of the Statesman identifying memory as the unifying thread of the dialogue. Most interesting is the analysis of the Statesman through the lens of the respective roles of historical and philosophic memory and of the relationship between the two in the life of a political community. Craig’s account is insightful, rich, nuanced, and carefully carried out.”

Cristina Ionescu, The Catholic University of America

Catherine Craig’s book is a reading of Plato’s Statesman that will be of interest both to Plato scholars and uninitiated political theorists curious about this important but exceedingly challenging ancient Greek text.

The Review of Politics

In Memory and Political Art in Plato’s Statesman, Catherine Craig illuminates the importance of these often neglected kinds of memory for both Plato’s thought and our contemporary political age by examining memory’s role within his perplexing dialogue, The Statesman.

Phillip Pinell, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Theory, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Political Science