The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens
Title | The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Robert Christ |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2012-10-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107029775 |
Examines the behavior of Athenians in the classical period, arguing that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens.
The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens
Title | The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Robert Christ |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | HISTORY |
ISBN | 9781139776998 |
"This book argues that, contrary to how Athenians idealized themselves, they felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens and did not feel strongly obliged as a group to help peoples of other states"--
Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy
Title | Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew R. Christ |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2020-09-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108495761 |
Examines how Xenophon instructs his elite readers concerning the values and skills needed to lead the Athenian democracy.
Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens
Title | Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Gottesman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2014-10-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107041686 |
This book examines 'informal' politics, such as gossip and political theatrics, and how they related to more 'formal' politics of assembly and courts.
Ideology of Democratic Athens
Title | Ideology of Democratic Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Matteo Barbato |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2020-05-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1474466443 |
The debate on Athenian democratic ideology has long been polarised around two extremes. A Marxist tradition views ideology as a cover-up for Athens' internal divisions. Another tradition, sometimes referred to as culturalist, interprets it neutrally as the fixed set of ideas shared by the members of the Athenian community.
Law and Order in Ancient Athens
Title | Law and Order in Ancient Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Adriaan Lanni |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2016-08-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1316715116 |
The classical Athenian 'state' had almost no formal coercive apparatus to ensure order or compliance with law: there was no professional police force or public prosecutor, and nearly every step in the legal process depended on private initiative. And yet Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both ancient and contemporary standards. Why? Law and Order in Ancient Athens draws on contemporary legal scholarship to explore how order was maintained in Athens. Lanni argues that law and formal legal institutions played a greater role in maintaining order than is generally acknowledged. The legal system did encourage compliance with law, but not through the familiar deterrence mechanism of imposing sanctions for violating statutes. Lanni shows how formal institutions facilitated the operation of informal social control in a society that was too large and diverse to be characterized as a 'face-to-face community' or 'close-knit group'.
The Oxford Handbook of Demosthenes
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Demosthenes PDF eBook |
Author | Gunther Martin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 529 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198713851 |
As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. This Handbook explores the many facets of his life, work, and time, giving particular weight to his social and historical context and thereby illustrating the interplay and mutual influence between his rhetoric and the environment from which it emerged.