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Man's quest for political knowledge : ancient times.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, William, 1888-1975.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--History.
- Political science.
- Political science--Study and teaching--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 381 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1964]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Considering the importance of political science as an academic subject in our time, it is surprising that more attention has not been given, until now, to the history of political study and teaching. As Professor Andersons book makes clear, an understand.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- THE BACKGROUND AND THE BOOK
- PART I. THREE ANCIENT LITERATE SOCIETIES OF THE NEAR EAST
- 1 Mesopotamia
- 2 Egypt
- 3 The Israelites
- PART II: THE GREEKS OF ANCIENT TIMES
- 4 The Delphic Oracle
- 5 Pre-Socratic Writers
- 6 Socrates' Contemporaries
- 7 Socrates and Political Education
- 8 Plato and Anti-Politics
- 9 Plato's Contemporaries
- 10 Aristotle
- PART III. THE DECLINE AFTER ARISTOTLE
- 11 The Hellenistic Period
- 12 The Era of the Roman Empire
- EPILOGUE: CONDITIONS FAVORING POLITICAL STUDIES
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 341-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-5695-9
- OCLC:
- 233193608
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