A companion to Greek and Roman political thought /
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| Imprint: | Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. |
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| Description: | xxviii, 659 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7707710 |
Table of Contents:
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I. The Broad View
- 1. Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought
- 2. What is Politics in the Ancient World?
- 3. Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context
- 4. Civic Ideology and Citizenship
- 5. Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek: Political Theory
- 6. Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes in Classical Athens and Republican Rome
- 7. Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi
- 8. The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought
- Part II. Democracies and Republics
- 9. Democracy Ancient and Modern
- 10. ÆÆRights,ÆÆ Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece
- 11. Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States
- 12. The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought
- 13. Republican Virtues 199
- 14. Roman Democracy?
- Part III. The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule
- 15. The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny
- 16. Hellenistic Monarchy in Theory and Practice
- 17. The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World
- Part IV. The Passions of Ancient Politics Political Animals
- 18. Pathetic Animals
- 19. Anger, Eros, and Other Political Passions in Ancient Greek Thought
- 20. Some Passionate Performances in Late Republican Rome
- Part V. The Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
- 21. The Trial and Death of Socrates
- 22. The Politics of PlatoÆs Socrates
- 23. Freedom, Tyranny, and the Political Man: PlatoÆs Republic and Gorgias, a Study in Contrasts
- 24. Plato on the Sovereignty of Law
- 25. ÆÆNaturalismÆÆ in AristotleÆs Political Philosophy
- 26. The Ethics of AristotleÆs Politics
- Part VI Constructing Political Narrative
- 27. Imitating Virtue and Avoiding Vice: Ethical Functions of Biography, History, and Philosophy
- 28. Greek Drama and Political Thought
- 29. Character in Politics
- Part VII. Antipolitics
- 30. Cosmopolitan Traditions
- 31. False Idles: The Politics of the ææQuiet LifeÆÆ
- 32. Citizenship and Signs: Rethinking Augustine on the Two Cities
- Part VIII. Receptions
- 33. Republicanism: Ancient, Medieval, and Beyond
- 34. Twentieth Century Revivals of Ancient Political Thought Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss
- References
- Index of Subjects
- Index Locorum
