The Artistic Foundations of Nations and Citizens

Ann Wardis Professor of Political Scienceat Baylor University, USA. Herresearch interests are ancient political philosophy, especially Herodotus, Plato and Aristotle, and nineteenth-century political thought.Ward's most recent book isThe Socratic Individual: Philosophy, Faith and Freedom in a Democratic Age(2020). She is also the author ofContemplating Friendship in Aristotle's Ethics(2016), andHerodotus and the Philosophy of Empire(2008). She has editedClassical Rationalism and the Politics of Europe(2017),Socrates and Dionysus: Philosophy and Art in Dialogue(2013),Matter and Form: From Natural Science to Political Philosophy(2009), andSocrates: Reason or Unreason as the Foundation of European Identity(2007). She has co-edited with Lee WardNatural Right and Political Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Catherine Zuckert and Michael Zuckert(2013), andThe Ashgate Research Companion to Federalism(2009). She has published widely in scholarly journals, includingPOLIS: The Journal of the Society for Ancient Greek Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, European Journal of Political Theory,andThe European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms.