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

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 - city-states that gave rise to the first democratic system of government Offers a detailed study of the close interactionbetween democracy, society, and the arts in ancient Greece Places the invention of democracy in fifth-century bce Athens both in its broad social and cultural context and in the context of the re-emergence of democracy in the modern world Reveals the role Greek democracy played in the political and intellectual traditions that shaped modern democracy, and in the debates about democracy in modern social, political, and philosophical thought Written collaboratively by an international team of leading scholars in classics, ancient history, sociology, and political science

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  • Series Editor's Preface vii Contributors viii Introduction 1 Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner Part I The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective 19 1 Exploring the Greek Needle's Eye: Civilizational and Political Transformations 21 Johann P. Arnason 2 Transformations of Democracy: Towards a History of Political Thought and Practice in Long-term Perspective 47 Peter Wagner Part II Ways of Polis-making: Grasping the Novelty of the Political 69 3 To Act with Good Advice: Greek Tragedy and the Democratic Political Sphere 71 Egon Flaig 4 Democracy and Dissent: the Case of Comedy 99 Lucio Bertelli 5 Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-century Greece 126 Jonas Grethlein 6 Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens 144 Harvey Yunis 7 Law and Democracy in Classical Athens 163 Adriaan Lanni 8 Democracy and Political Philosophy: Influences, Tensions, Rapprochement 181 Ryan K. Balot 9 Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens 205 Elizabeth A. Meyer Part III Changing a Way of Life: Democracy's Impact on Polis Society 225 10 The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life 227 Sara L. Forsdyke 11 The Demos's Participation in Decision-making: Principles and Realities 260 Claude Mosse 12 Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece 274 Robin Osborne 13 Democracy and War 298 Lawrence A. Tritle Part IV Political Concepts and Commitments 321 14 Perfecting the "Political Creature": Equality and "the Political" in the Evolution of Greek Democracy 323 Kurt A. Raaflaub 15 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of the Greek Polis 351 Tracy B. Strong 16 The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients 371 Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner Index 389

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書名 The Greek polis and the invention of democracy : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations
著作者等 Raaflaub, Kurt A.
Wagner, Peter
Árnason, Jóhann Páll
Arnason Johann Pall
シリーズ名 The ancient world : comparative histories
出版元 Wiley-Blackwell
刊行年月 2013
ページ数 x, 400 p.
大きさ 26 cm
ISBN 9781444351064
NCID BB12780939
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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