Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy

Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy
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Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 3515098674
ISBN-13 : 9783515098670
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy by : Gabriel Herman

Was the Athenian democracy anarchic, given to domestic violence and hence unstable, as claimed by some scholars, or was it a stable, well-ordered, social system, provided with in-built mechanisms to overcome crisis? Various aspects of this question, central to the understanding of the Athenian democracy, are investigated in this volume by a team of distinguished experts. The often surprising answers they provide should be of interest to specialists as well as laymen. The volume is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Alexander Fuks.

Athenian Democracy at War

Athenian Democracy at War
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781108422918
ISBN-13 : 1108422918
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Athenian Democracy at War by : David Pritchard

Studies all four branches of the Athenian armed forces to show how they helped make democratic Athens a superpower.

The Threshold of Democracy

The Threshold of Democracy
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Publisher : Longman
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0321333039
ISBN-13 : 9780321333032
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Threshold of Democracy by : Mark Christopher Carnes

Innovative and engaging, The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. explores the intellectual dynamics of democracy by recreating the historical context that shaped its evolution. Part of the "Reacting to the Past" series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Issues of the time are sorted out by a polity fractured into radical and moderate democrats, oligarchs, and Socratics, among others.

Democracy and Goodness

Democracy and Goodness
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781108422574
ISBN-13 : 1108422578
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Democracy and Goodness by : John R. Wallach

Proposes a new democratic theory, rooted in activity not consent, and intrinsically related to historical understandings of power and ethics.

Morality and Behaviour in Democratic Athens

Morality and Behaviour in Democratic Athens
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 415
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ISBN-10 : 9780521850216
ISBN-13 : 0521850215
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Morality and Behaviour in Democratic Athens by : Gabriel Herman

Provides a model for societal behaviour and morality in ancient Athens.

Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece

Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780520258099
ISBN-13 : 0520258096
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece by : Kurt A. Raaflaub

"A balanced, high-quality analysis of the developing nature of Athenian political society and its relationship to 'democracy' as a timeless concept."—Mark Munn, author of The School of History

The "Greek Crisis" in Europe

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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9004409173
ISBN-13 : 9789004409170
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The "Greek Crisis" in Europe by : Yiannis Mylonas

The "Greek Crisis" in Europe: Race, Class and Politics, analyses the publicity of the so-called "Greek crisis" by deploying critical theory and cultural studies perspectives. The study discloses racial and class media biases, and their associations with austerity.

Polis and Revolution

Polis and Revolution
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780521760447
ISBN-13 : 0521760445
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Polis and Revolution by : Julia L. Shear

This book explores how democracy in Athens was recreated and the city rebuilt following the oligarchic revolutions of the fifth century BC.

Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens

Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9780292772052
ISBN-13 : 029277205X
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens by : David M. Pritchard

In his On the Glory of Athens, Plutarch complained that the Athenian people spent more on the production of dramatic festivals and “the misfortunes of Medeas and Electras than they did on maintaining their empire and fighting for their liberty against the Persians.” This view of the Athenians’ misplaced priorities became orthodoxy with the publication of August Böckh’s 1817 book Die Staatshaushaltung der Athener [The Public Economy of Athens], which criticized the classical Athenian dēmos for spending more on festivals than on wars and for levying unjust taxes to pay for their bloated government. But were the Athenians’ priorities really as misplaced as ancient and modern historians believed? Drawing on lines of evidence not available in Böckh’s time, Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens calculates the real costs of religion, politics, and war to settle the long-standing debate about what the ancient Athenians valued most highly. David M. Pritchard explains that, in Athenian democracy, voters had full control over public spending. When they voted for a bill, they always knew its cost and how much they normally spent on such bills. Therefore, the sums they chose to spend on festivals, politics, and the armed forces reflected the order of the priorities that they had set for their state. By calculating these sums, Pritchard convincingly demonstrates that it was not religion or politics but war that was the overriding priority of the Athenian people.

Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens

Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9781317544791
ISBN-13 : 131754479X
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens by : Alexander Rubel

Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian war was the arena for a dramatic battle between politics and religion in the hearts and minds of the people. Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens, originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition, sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. The book explores an extraordinary range of events and topics, and will be an indispensable study for students and scholars studying Athenian religion and politics.