{"product_id":"the-greek-polis-and-the-invention-of-democracy-isbn-9781444351064","title":"The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks’ path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an original combination of a close synchronic and long diachronic examination of the Greek \u003ci\u003epolis -\u003c\/i\u003e city-states that gave rise to the first democratic system of government\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a detailed study of the close interactionbetween democracy, society, and the arts in ancient Greece\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces the invention of democracy in fifth-century bce Athens both in its broad social and cultural context and in the context of the re-emergence of democracy in the modern world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals the role Greek democracy played in the political and intellectual traditions that shaped modern democracy, and in the debates about democracy in modern social, political, and philosophical thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten collaboratively by an international team of leading scholars in classics, ancient history, sociology, and political science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Exploring the Greek Needle’s Eye: Civilizational and Political Transformations 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohann P. Arnason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Transformations of Democracy: Towards a History of Political Thought and Practice in Long-term Perspective 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Ways of Polis-making: Grasping the Novelty of the Political 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 To Act with Good Advice: Greek Tragedy and the Democratic Political Sphere 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEgon Flaig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Democracy and Dissent: the Case of Comedy 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucio Bertelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-century Greece 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonas Grethlein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvey Yunis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Law and Democracy in Classical Athens 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdriaan Lanni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Democracy and Political Philosophy: Influences, Tensions, Rapprochement 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan K. Balot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth A. Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Changing a Way of Life: Democracy’s Impact on Polis Society 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara L. Forsdyke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Demos’s Participation in Decision-making: Principles and Realities 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaude Mossé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Osborne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Democracy and War 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawrence A. Tritle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Political Concepts and Commitments 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Perfecting the “Political Creature”: Equality and “the Political” in the Evolution of Greek Democracy 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche’s Understanding of the Greek Polis 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracy B. Strong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 389\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohann P. Arnason \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and visiting professor at Charles University in Prague. His previous works include \u003ci\u003eDomains and Divisions of European History \u003c\/i\u003e(with N. Doyle, 2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives \u003c\/i\u003e(with K. Raaflaub, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), and \u003ci\u003eNordic Paths to Modernity \u003c\/i\u003e(with B. Wittrock, 2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub \u003c\/b\u003eis the David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History Emeritus at Brown University. His previous works include \u003ci\u003eGeography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies \u003c\/i\u003e(with R. J. A. Talbert, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), \u003ci\u003eEpic and History \u003c\/i\u003e(with D. Konstan, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives \u003c\/i\u003e(with J. Arnason, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Wagner \u003c\/b\u003eis ICREA Research Professor in the Department of Sociological Theory, Philosophy of Law, and Methodology of the Social Sciences at the University of Barcelona. His previous works include \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Modernity: Inescapability and Attainability in Social Theory \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), \u003ci\u003eModernity as Experience and Interpretation \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and \u003ci\u003eModernity: Understanding the Present \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the hallmarks of Greek civilization was the \u003ci\u003epolis \u003c\/i\u003e– city-states that gave rise to the first democratic system of government. But was the \u003ci\u003epolis \u003c\/i\u003eof ancient Athens really the birthplace of what we now view as modern democracy? \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy \u003c\/i\u003epresents a comprehensive series of essays that trace the Greeks’ path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy from a comparative historical perspective, and with reference to recent debates on the Axial Age and its impact on world history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten collaboratively by an international team of leading scholars in classics, ancient history, sociology, and political science, essays address the interaction between democracy and forms of cultural expression in Athens during the classical period, the place and role of politics in the ancient Greek world, and the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries. Scholarly and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy \u003c\/i\u003eoffers illuminating insights into our links to the past while revealing ways that the concept of ancient Greek democracy has shaped – or not shaped – modern democracy.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This exciting and accessible collection of well-written essays, by a stellar group of international scholars, sheds new light on ancient democracy and its role in critical reassessments of contemporary democracy and liberalism. This book demonstrates anew the vibrancy and relevance of classical Greek politics, society, and culture. Essential reading for all students of democracy, ancient and modern.” - \u003ci\u003eJosiah Ober, Stanford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Kurt Raaflaub's distinguished 'The Ancient World: Comparative Histories' series acquires herewith another eminently worthy member, which bears his personal stamp both as inspirational co-editor and as contributor with a special interest and expertise in ancient Greek politics and political thought. From the sensitive introduction (by another of the co-editors) to the concluding essay on ideas of liberty ancient and modern the multinational cast of leading experts takes the longest possible view of what matters most about the ancient Greeks' invention of democracy from its original location within their peculiar \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e state-form to its current, very different receptions around the world today. Students of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and of Schopenhauer, Wagner and Nietzsche, among many others, will find their tastes and interests equally well served.” - \u003ci\u003ePaul Cartledge, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990243983589,"sku":"NP9781444351064","price":173.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444351064.jpg?v=1761787040","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-greek-polis-and-the-invention-of-democracy-isbn-9781444351064","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}