House of Cards and Philosophy

Introduction: Contemplating a House of Cards 1

Part I Socrates, Plato, and Frank 3

1 Of Sheep, Shepherds, and a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Cynical View of Politics in House of Cards and Plato’s Republic 5
James Ketchen and Michael Yeo

2 Being versus Seeming: Socrates and the Lessons of Francis Underwood’s Asides 16
John Scott Gray

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