Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice
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- Author: Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: May 2009
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- isbn: 9780521455954
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Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, in this book Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to the early Roman Empire. Of concern throughout are three major issues: first, the relationship of political thought and practice; second, the relevance of class and status to explaining political behaviour and thinking; third, democracy - its invention, development and expansion, and extinction, prior to its recent resuscitation and even apotheosis. In addition, monarchy in various forms and at different periods and the peculiar political structures of Sparta are treated in detail over a chronological range extending from Homer to Plutarch. The book provides an introduction to the topic for all students and non-specialists who appreciate the continued relevance of ancient Greece to political theory and practice today.
Read more- Short, accessible guide to Greek political thought in its social and historical setting
- Uses carefully selected case-studies to investigate the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice
- Draws numerous comparisons between ancient Greek political thought and contemporary political thought and practice
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"...I think this book shows that the ancient world presents particular challenges, and that its politics remain in need of sustained theoretical attention. The first section of the book -- distressingly, only two paragraphs long -- is called "Meaning in context: how to write a history of Greek political thought". I think it probably is better taken as a question: "How should we write a history of Greek political thought?" How immensely we will profit should Cartledge write a book that tries to answer it. --Brendan Boyle, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, BMCR
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14th Apr 2014 by Maito
good, educative, enlighten, political facts data collection on Greek, ancient politics, political thought and ideology.
Review was not posted due to profanity
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- Date Published: May 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521455954
- length: 194 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.33kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Timeline
1. Meaning in context: how to write a history of Greek political thought
2. The Greek invention of the polis, of politics and of the political
Narrative I. The Prehistoric and Protohistoric Greek World c.1300 BCE–c.750 BCE:
3. Rule by one: the politics of Homer, c.750 BCE
Narrative II. The Archaic Greek World, c.750–500 BCE:
4. Rule by some: the politics of Solon, c.600 BCE
5. Rule by all: the Athenian revolution, c.500 BCE
Narrative III. The Classical Greek World I: c.500–400 BCE:
6. The human measure: the Greek invention of political theory, c.500–400 BCE
7. The trial of Socrates, 399 BCE
Narrative IV. The Classical Greek World II: c.400–300 BCE:
8. Rule by one revisited: the politics of Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle - and Alexander the Great, c.400–330 BCE
Narrative V. The Hellenistic Greek World c.300–30 BCE:
9. (E)utopianism by design: the Spartan revolution, 244–221 BCE
Narrative VI. 'Graecia Capta' (Greece Conquered) c.146 BCE–CE 120:
10. The end of politics? The world of Plutarch, c.100 CE
11. The Greek legacy and democracy today
Appendix I. Selected texts and documents
Appendix II. The 'Old Oligarch': a close reading.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Ancient Rhetorical Theory/Practice
- Great Political Thinkers: Ancient & Medieval
- Greek Civilization
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