Demokratia : : A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern / / ed. by Charles Hedrick, Josiah Ober.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Barber, Benjamin R.,; Boegehold, Alan,; Cartledge, Paul,; Cole, Susan Guettel,; Connor, W. Robert,; Dougherty, Carol,; Euben, J. Peter,; Hansen, Mogens Herman,; Hanson, Victor D.,; Hedrick, Charles,; Lord, Carnes,; Manville, Philip Brook,; Morris, Ian,; Ober, Josiah,; Ostwald, Martin,; Raaflaub, Kurt A.,; Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert,; Strauss, Barry S.,; Wallace, Robert W.,; Wolin, Sheldon S.,; Wood, Ellen Meiksins,
• HerausgeberIn: Hedrick, Charles,; Ober, Josiah,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)

This book is the result of a long and fruitful conversation among practitioners of two very different fields: ancient history and political theory. The topic of the conversation is classical Greek democracy and its contemporary relevance. The nineteen contributors remain diverse in their political commitments and in their analytic approaches, but all have engaged deeply with Greek texts, with normative and historical concerns, and with each others' arguments. The issues and tensions examined here are basic to both history and political theory: revolution versus stability, freedom and equality, law and popular sovereignty, cultural ideals and social practice. While the authors are sharply critical of many aspects of Athenian society, culture, and government, they are united by a conviction that classical Athenian democracy has once again become a centrally important subject for political debate. The contributors are Benjamin R. Barber, Alan Boegehold, Paul Cartledge, Susan Guettel Cole, W. Robert Connor, Carol Dougherty, J. Peter Euben, Mogens H. Hansen, Victor D. Hanson, Carnes Lord, Philip Brook Manville, Ian Morris, Martin Ostwald, Kurt Raaflaub, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Barry S. Strauss, Robert W. Wallace, Sheldon S. Wolin, and Ellen Meiksins Wood.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction DEMOCRACIES ANCIENT AND MODERN -- PART ONE Liberty, Equality, and Law -- THE STRONG PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY AND THE ARCHAIC ORIGINS OF GREEK DEMOCR -- SHARES AND RIGHTS: "CITIZENSHIP" GREEK STYLE AND AMERICAN STYLE -- TRANSGRESSION, EQUALITY, AND VOICE -- THE ANCIENT ATHENIAN AND THE MODERN LIBERAL VIEW OF LIBERTY AS A DEMOCRATIC IDEAL -- LAW, FREEDOM, AND THE CONCEPT OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS -- DEMOS VERSUS "WE, THE PEOPLE": FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY ANCIENT AND MODERN -- EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES IN ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY -- COMPARATIVELY EQUAL -- ATHENIAN EQUALITY: A CONSTANT SURROUNDED BY FLUX -- RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN THE LAW AT ATHENS -- PART TWO Civic Ritual and the Education of Citizens -- CIVIL SOCIETY, DIONYSIAC FESTIVAL, AND THE ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY -- OATH RITUAL AND THE MALE COMMUNITY AT ATHENS -- DEMOCRATIC CONTRADICTIONS AND THE SYNOPTIC ILLUSION OF EURIPIDES' ION -- ARISTOTLE AND THE IDEA OF LIBERAL EDUCATION -- HOPLITES INTO DEMOCRATS: THE CHANGING IDEOLOGY OF ATHENIAN INFANTRY -- THE ATHENIAN TRIREME, SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY -- READING DEMOCRACY: "SOCRATIC" DIALOGUES AND THE POLITICAL EDUCATION OF DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS -- MISREADING DEMOCRACY: PETER EUBEN AND THE GORGIAS -- ANCIENT GREEK DEMOCRACY AND THE MODERN KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE IDEOLOGY OF TWO REVOLUTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX