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The Greek polis and the invention of democracy : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations / edited by Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ancient world--comparative histories.
- Ancient world : comparative histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Democracy.
- City-states--Greece--History--To 1500.
- City-states.
- Social change--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Social change.
- Citizenship--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Citizenship.
- Politics and culture--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Politics and culture.
- Arts--Political aspects--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Arts.
- Civilization--Greek influences.
- Civilization.
- Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Greece--Social conditions--To 146 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks' path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries. Presents an original combination of a close synchronic and long diachronic examination of the Greek polis -
- Contents:
- Introduction / Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner
- Part I. The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective
- Exploring the Greek Needle's Eye : Civilizational and Political Transformations / Johann P. Arnason
- Transformations of Democracy : Towards a History of Political Thought and Practice in Long-term Perspective / Peter Wagner
- Part II. Ways of Polis-making : Grasping the Novelty of the Political
- To Act with Good Advice : Greek Tragedy and the Democratic Political Sphere / Egon Flaig
- Democracy and Dissent : The Case of Comedy / Lucio Bertelli
- Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-century Greece / Jonas Grethlein
- Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens / Harvey Yunis
- Law and Democracy in Classical Athens / Adriaan Lanni
- Democracy and Political Philosophy : Influences, Tensions, Rapprochement / Ryan Balot
- Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens / Elizabeth Meyer
- Part III. Changing a Way of Life : Democracy's Impact on polis-Society
- The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life / Sara Forsdyke
- The Participation of the demos in Decision-Making : Principles and Reality / Claude Mossé
- Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece / Robin Osborne
- Democracy and War / Lawrence A. Tritle
- Part IV. Political Concepts and Commitments
- Perfecting the Political Creature (z?ion politikon) : Equality and "the Political" in the Evolution of Greek Democracy / Kurt A. Raaflaub
- Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of the Greek polis / Tracy Strong
- The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients / Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781118561676
- 1118561678
- 9781118561768
- 1118561767
- 9781299448896
- 1299448895
- 9781118561607
- 1118561600
- OCLC:
- 836403061
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