Research Catalog

Title

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.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, a John wiley & Sons, Inc. publication, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940-
• Raaflaub, Kurt A.
• Wagner, Peter, 1956 September 18-

Description

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

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"--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Ancient world : comparative histories

Uniform Title

Ancient world--comparative histories

Subject

• FernUniversität in Hagen Arbeitsgruppe Polis
• To 1500
• Antiken
• Democracy > Greece > History > To 1500
• City-states > Greece > History > To 1500
• Social change > Greece > History > To 1500
• Citizenship > Greece > History > To 1500
• Politics and culture > Greece > History > To 1500
• Arts > Political aspects > History > Greece > To 1500
• Civilization > Greek influences
• Arts > Political aspects
• Citizenship
• City-states
• Civilization > Greek influences
• Democracy
• Politics and culture
• Politics and government
• Social change
• Social conditions
• Demokratie
• Auswirkung
• City-states > Greece > History
• Démocratie > Grèce > Antiquité
• Philosophie politique
• Cités-États > Grèce > Antiquité
• Politique et gouvernement > Grèce > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.C
• Demokrati
• Greece > Politics and government > To 146 B.C
• Greece > Social conditions > To 146 B.C
• Greece
• Griechenland Altertum

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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 : 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.

ISBN

• 9781444351064
• 1444351060
• 1118561678
• 9781118561676
• 1118561600
• 9781118561607
• 1118561767
• 9781118561768
• 1118561783
• 9781118561782
• 1118561902
• 9781118561904
• 9781118561607 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781118561676 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781118561768 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781118561782 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781118561904 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2012042383
• 40022328830

OCLC

• 815374586
• SCSB-11798176

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library