{"product_id":"greek-political-thought-isbn-9781405100304","title":"Greek Political Thought","description":"This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophy might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophical texts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in its cultural context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connections between politics and ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructured around key themes such as the origins of political thought, political self-definition, revolutions in political thought, democracy and imperialism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface and Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction: How to Do Greek Political Thought.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Archaic Greece and the Centrality of Justice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAchilles, Agamemnon, and Fair Distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustice as “Distinctively Human”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutions and Values of the Early Polis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Justice? The Voice of the Oppressed and the Origins of Political Thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Egalitarian Response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elitist Response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: Sparta and the Politics of “Courage”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Second Case Study: Archaic Athens and the Search for Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Democratic Political Thinking at Athens\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvidence and Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy Ancient and Modern.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Conceptions of Freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Deliberation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourage, Trust, and Leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Political Thought outside Athens?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtagorean Arguments for Democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Conceptions of Equality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustice and the Demos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Criticizing Democracy in Late Fifth-Century Athens\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMapping out the Problem: The “Old Oligarch”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern and Ancient Quandaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomos and Phusis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Challenge of Thrasymachus and Callicles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThucydidean Imperialists Revisit Nomos and Phusis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocrates and Nomos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogos and Ergon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Epistemology and Relativism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Epistemology and Untrustworthy Rhetoric – or, Where Does the Truth Lie?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocrates and Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Imperialism\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle Analyzes Imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions and History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonarchic Imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Superiority?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebating Athenian Imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Fourth Century Revisions\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ancestral republican “solutions”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe monarchic “solution”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato’s “solutions”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCriticizing Contemporary Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato on Rhetoric and Order in the Gorgias.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Priority of Reason in City and Soul: Plato’s Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducating Citizens in the Classical Context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics and Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophical Rulers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlatonic Political Philosophy after the Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Aristotle’s Political Thought\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivic Conflict, Emotion, and Injustice: Observing the Polis as It Is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring What Ought To Be: Aristotle’s Naturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle on the Good Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature in the Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle on Slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolis and Citizenship in General.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s Best Polis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Possibilities in Existing Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Best Constitution in Relation to Existing Conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassification of Constitutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of the Masses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Hellenistic Political Thought.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory of Kingship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Traditional Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Directions: Cynics, Stoics, and Epicureans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Cynicism?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStoicism and Epicureanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Epilogue: The Question of Politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographic Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Balot's book is written with admirable clarity and offers a coherent and sophisticated perspective on ancient politics for an undergraduate.... It has a thought-provoking agenda and treats the abstract issues really well.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"This comprehensive and well-informed book fills a niche.... [A] clearly argued and illuminating book. Balot achieves his stated aims with deceptive ease.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Hellenic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Balot’s book is written with admirable clarity and offers a coherent and sophisticated perspective on ancient politics for an undergraduate audience.” (\u003ci\u003eThe Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol 58 No. 1, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Balot has provided students with a carefully cleared path through several centuries of thought about Greek politics.” (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGreek Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is a great starting point for any student interested in the ethical and political thought of the ancient world.\" (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\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 (2001) and \u003ci\u003eGreek Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2006), he specializes in the history of political thought.  While ancient Greek thought is widely acknowledged as the major source of political ideals such as freedom and equality, ancient Greek practices including slavery, the subordination of women, and imperialism have been condemned as undemocratic and immoral. So is ancient Greek political thought still relevant today? In this provocative and wide-ranging history, Ryan Balot shows what ancient Greek political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBalot centers his discussion on Plato and Aristotle, the great political philosophers, but also considers an array of poetic, historical, and philosophical texts in an effort to locate ancient Greek political thought in its cultural context. His account shows both how the political thought of Greece developed over time and how the characteristic Greek interest in political virtue can still shape our thinking about politics today.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Balot's historical and narrative approach has the huge merit of combining ancient context and modern relevance. Balot eavesdrops on Plato, Aristotle and their forerunners and successors to bring us the hot political news. His lively brand of 'virtue politics' should instruct the advanced undergraduate and graduate student audience at which it is aimed, as well as refresh the parts of the established academy that drier scholarship cannot reach. Written in an easy and attractive style, \u003ci\u003eGreek Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e promises to stimulate a vivacious dialogue between ancient and modern political concerns.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003ePaul Cartledge\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Cambridge  \u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable book, a work of exceptional erudition and insight. It supplies a much needed survey of Greek political thought, but it is considerably more than an accessible and trustworthy guide to the territory. Balot presents himself not as an antiquarian chronicler but as an active interpreter, setting out the debates among the texts of the Greek tradition as new resources for thinking about the ethics and politics of our own time. Often controversial, but always scrupulous, \u003ci\u003eGreek Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great value to serious students at every level.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eStephen Salkever\u003c\/b\u003e, Bryn Mawr College\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989310587109,"sku":"NP9781405100304","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405100304.jpg?v=1761783618","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/greek-political-thought-isbn-9781405100304","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}