{"product_id":"a-companion-to-greek-and-roman-political-thought-isbn-9781118451359","title":"A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought","description":"\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJustice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. These essays strike a judicious yet thought-provoking balance between theoretical and historical perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought \u003c\/i\u003eis an authoritative guide to the ancient Greek and Roman political questions that continue to shape and challenge the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Translations xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Broad View 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan K. Balot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What is Politics in the Ancient World? 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDean Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Civic Ideology and Citizenship 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eP. J. Rhodes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek Political Theory 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosiah Ober\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes in Classical Athens and Republican Rome85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraige B. Champion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiulia Sissa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Osborne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Democracies and Republics 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Democracy Ancient and Modern 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Liddel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 ‘‘Rights,’’ Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Cartledge and Matt Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert W. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid E. Hahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Republican Virtues 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Schofield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Roman Democracy? 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. Jeffrey Tatum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Forsdyke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Hellenistic Monarchy in Theory and Practice 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur M. Eckstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarlos F. Noreña\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Passions of Ancient Politics 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Political Animals: Pathetic Animals 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiulia Sissa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Anger, Eros, and Other Political Passions in Ancient Greek Thought 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul W. Ludwig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Some Passionate Performances in Late Republican Rome 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Kaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Trial and Death of Socrates 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebra Nails\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Politics of Plato’s Socrates 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachana Kamtekar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Freedom, Tyranny, and the Political Man: Plato’s Republic and Gorgias, a Study in Contrasts 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArlene W. Saxonhouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Plato on the Sovereignty of Law 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZena Hitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 ‘‘Naturalism’’ in Aristotle’s Political Philosophy 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy Chappell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Ethics of Aristotle’s Politics 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J. Depew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Constructing Political Narrative 419\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Imitating Virtue and Avoiding Vice: Ethical Functions of Biography, History, and Philosophy 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles W. Hedrick, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Greek Drama and Political Thought 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Gibert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Character in Politics 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip A. Stadter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Antipolitics 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Cosmopolitan Traditions 473\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Konstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 False Idles: The Politics of the ‘‘Quiet Life’’ 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Citizenship and Signs: Rethinking Augustine on the Two Cities 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTodd Breyfogle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Receptions 527\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Republicanism: Ancient, Medieval, and Beyond 529\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Nadon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Twentieth Century Revivals of Ancient Political Thought: Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss 542\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine H. Zuckert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 557\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex Locorum 650\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is an extremely valuable volume, a must for every library; perhaps the paperback will be priced within the reach of at least some individuals.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Heythrop Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, 14 April 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \"Of note is the indispensable list of primary sources and a prodigious bibliography of secondary texts. These alone probably justify the purchase price.\" (CHOICE, 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan K. Balot\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. The author of \u003ci\u003eGreed and Injustice in Classical Athens\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eGreek Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2006), he specializes in the history of political thought.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA COMPANION TO \u003cb\u003eGREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is not a paean to Greek and Roman culture or a sterile 'appreciation' of their beautiful but obsolete civic life. Rather, Balot's topical approach brings the classical texts into contact with the problems of contemporary politics to demonstrate their continuing relevance … Highly recommended.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Considering the complexity of the topic and the diversity of forces to be integrated, you cannot praise enough what the editor has done … To make ancient political thought meaningful to us is the omnipresent imperative of the volume. Instead of presenting simple educational recipes for how to act, the otherness of ancient thought is respected everywhere. How to continue questioning ancient thought, and how to apply certain cognitions to our own world? The companion is no catechism, but a profound reference work challenging new interpretations by many generations to come.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. These essays strike a judicious yet thought-provoking balance between theoretical and historical perspectives.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is an authoritative guide to the ancient Greek and Roman political questions that continue to shape and challenge the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988607942885,"sku":"NP9781118451359","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118451359.jpg?v=1761780953","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-greek-and-roman-political-thought-isbn-9781118451359","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}