| Description |
xix, 466 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Princeton paperbacks |
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Princeton paperbacks.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Democracies Ancient and Modern / Josiah Ober and Charles Hedrick -- The Strong Principle of Equality and the Archaic Origins of Greek Democracy / Ian Morris -- Shares and Rights: "Citizenship" Greek Style and American Style / Martin Ostwald -- Transgression, Equality, and Voice / Sheldon S. Wolin -- The Ancient Athenian and the Modern Liberal View of Liberty as a Democratic Ideal / Mogens Herman Hansen -- Law, Freedom, and the Concept of Citizens' Rights in Democratic Athens / Robert W. Wallace -- Demos versus "We, the People": Freedom and Democracy Ancient and Modern / Ellen Meiksins Wood -- Equalities and Inequalities in Athenian Democracy / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Comparatively Equal / Paul Cartledge -- Athenian Equality: A Constant Surrounded by Flux / Jennifer Tolbert Roberts -- Resistance to Change in the Law at Athens / Alan Boegehold -- Civil Society, Dionysiac Festival, and the Athenian Democracy / W. Robert Connor |
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Oath Ritual and the Male Community at Athens / Susan Guettel Cole -- Democratic Contradictions and the Synoptic Illusion of Euripides' Ion / Carol Dougherty -- Aristotle and the Idea of Liberal Education / Carnes Lord -- Hoplites into Democrats: The Changing Ideology of Athenian Infantry / Victor D. Hanson -- The Athenian Trireme, School of Democracy / Barry S. Strauss -- Reading Democracy: "Socratic" Dialogues and the Political Education of Democratic Citizens / J. Peter Euben -- Misreading Democracy: Peter Euben and the Gorgias / Benjamin R. Barber -- Ancient Greek Democracy and the Modern Knowledge-Based Organization: Reflections on the Ideology of Two Revolutions / Philip Brook Manville |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-447) and index |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
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Democracy.
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| Author |
Hedrick, Charles W., Jr., 1956-
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Ober, Josiah.
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| LC no. |
96033717 |
| ISBN |
0691011087 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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0691011095 (acid-free paper) |
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