Enduring Empire : : Ancient Lessons for Global Politics / / ed. by David Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bagby, Laurie M. Johnson,; Balot, Ryan K.,; Bradshaw, Leah,; Eckstein, Arthur M.,; Hendrickson, David C.,; Heyking, John Von,; Kellow, Geoffrey,; Koivukoski, Toivo,; Mattern, Susan,; Newell, Waller R.,; Orwin, Clifford,; Strauss, Barry,; Tabachnick, David Edward,
• HerausgeberIn: Koivukoski, Toivo,; Tabachnick, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

An exploration of the ways in which ancient theories of empire can inform our understanding of present-day international relations, Enduring Empire engages in a serious discussion of empire as it relates to American foreign policy and global politics. The imperial power dynamics of ancient Athens and Rome provided fertile ground for the deliberations of many classical thinkers who wrote on the nature of empire: contemplating political sovereignty, autonomy, and citizenship as well as war, peace, and civilization in a world where political boundaries were strained and contested. The contributors to this collection prompt similar questions with their essays and promote a serious contemporary consideration of empire in light of the predominance of the United States and of the doctrine of liberal democracy.Featuring essays from some of the leading thinkers in the fields of political science, philosophy, history, and classics, Enduring Empire illustrates how lessons gleaned from the Athenian and Roman empires can help us to understand the imperial trajectory of global politics today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. In the Mirror of Antiquity: The Problem of American Empire -- 2. Democracy and Empire: The Case of Athens -- 3. Empire by Invitation or Domination? The Difference between Hegemonia and Arkhē -- 4. The Freedom to Rule: Athenian Imperialism and Democratic Masculinity -- 5. Liberty and Empire, with the Benefi t of Limited Hindsight - or, What Herodotus of Halicarnassus Saw -- 6. Empire and the Eclipse of Politics -- 7. Imperial Compulsions -- 8. Rome and the Hellenistic World: Masculinity and Militarism, Monarchy and Republic -- 9. Imperial Power in the Roman Republic -- 10. The Rise of Global Power and the Music of the Spheres: Philosophy and History in Cicero's De re publica -- 11. Machiavelli's Model of a Liberal Empire: The Evolution of Rome -- 12. Post-9/11 Evocations of Empire in Light of Eric Voegelin's Political Science -- 13. Athens as Hamlet: The Irresolute Empire -- Contributors -- Index