Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940-
2. Raaflaub, Kurt A.
3. Wagner, Peter, 1956 September 18-

Description

1. x, 400 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

1. "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"--Publisher's website.

Series statement

1. Ancient world : comparative histories

Uniform title

1. Ancient world--comparative histories

Subject

1. FernUniversität in Hagen Arbeitsgruppe Polis
2. To 1500
3. Antiken
4. Democracy > Greece > History > To 1500
5. City-states > Greece > History > To 1500
6. Social change > Greece > History > To 1500
7. Citizenship > Greece > History > To 1500
8. Politics and culture > Greece > History > To 1500
9. Arts > Political aspects > History > Greece > To 1500
10. Civilization > Greek influences
11. Arts > Political aspects
12. Citizenship
13. City-states
14. Civilization > Greek influences
15. Democracy
16. Politics and culture
17. Politics and government
18. Social change
19. Social conditions
20. Demokratie
21. Auswirkung
22. City-states > Greece > History
23. Démocratie > Grèce > Antiquité
24. Philosophie politique
25. Cités-États > Grèce > Antiquité
26. Politique et gouvernement > Grèce > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.C
27. Demokrati
28. Greece > Politics and government > To 146 B.C
29. Greece > Social conditions > To 146 B.C
30. Greece
31. Griechenland Altertum

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. 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 : 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.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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