The Greek polis and the invention of democracy : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations

Weitere Verfasser: Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940-
Raaflaub, Kurt A.
Wagner, Peter, 1956 September 18-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Umfang/Format: 416 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Ancient world--comparative histories
Schlagworte:
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 18 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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 Mosse
  • 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.