Reconstructing the Roman Republic : An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research / Karl-J. Hölkeskamp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hölkeskamp, Karl-J., author.

Contributor:

Heitmann-Gordon, Henry.

Standardized Title:

Rekonstruktionen einer Republik. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

Core Textbook

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Hölkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Hölkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman Republic. He looks at the ongoing controversy first triggered in the 1980s when the 'oligarchic orthodoxy' was called into question by the idea that the republic's political culture was a form of Greek-style democracy, and he considers the important theoretical and methodological advances of the 1960s and 1970s that prepared the ground for this debate. Hölkeskamp renews and refines the 'elitist' view, showing how the republic was a unique kind of premodern city-state political culture shaped by a specific variant of a political class. He covers a host of fascinating topics, including the Roman value system; the senatorial aristocracy; competition in war and politics within this aristocracy; and the symbolic language of public rituals and ceremonies, monuments, architecture, and urban topography. Certain to inspire continued debate, Reconstructing the Roman Republic offers fresh approaches to the study of the republic while attesting to the field's enduring vitality.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Figures

Preface to the English Edition

Preface to the German Edition

Chapter 1. From 'Provocation' to 'Discussion'

Chapter 2. 'Reality' versus 'System'

Chapter 3. From 'System' to 'Structure'

Chapter 4. From 'Structures' to 'Concepts'

Chapter 5. From 'Concepts' to 'Political Culture'

Chapter 6. Between 'Aristocracy' and 'Democracy'

Chapter 7. Consensus and Consent

Chapter 8. Symbolic Capital as Social Credit

Chapter 9. An End of the Beginning

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786612936234

9781282936232

1282936239

9781400834907

1400834902

OCLC:

669828230