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Book Synopsis The Birth of Politics by : Melissa Lane
Download or read book The Birth of Politics written by Melissa Lane and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom as: Greek and Roman political ideas: a Pelican introduction, by the Penquin Group, Penguin Books ... London"--T.p. verso.
Book Synopsis Greek and Roman Political Ideas by : Melissa Lane
Download or read book Greek and Roman Political Ideas written by Melissa Lane and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is politics? What are the origins of political philosophy? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans? In Greek and Roman Political Ideas, acclaimed classics scholar Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of political philosophy from Socrates to Cicero to Plutarch, Lane reminds us that the birth of politics was as much a story of individuals as ideas.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought by : Christopher Rowe
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought written by Christopher Rowe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-11 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive reference work on Greek and Roman political thought from the age of Homer to late antiquity, first published in 2000.
Book Synopsis A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought by : Ryan K. Balot
Download or read book A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought written by Ryan K. Balot and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Justice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. These essays strike a judicious yet thought-provoking balance between theoretical and historical perspectives. A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought is an authoritative guide to the ancient Greek and Roman political questions that continue to shape and challenge the modern world.
Book Synopsis Roman Political Thought by : Jed W. Atkins
Download or read book Roman Political Thought written by Jed W. Atkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thematic introduction to Roman political thought that shows the Romans' enduring contribution to key political ideas.
Book Synopsis Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy by : Verity Harte
Download or read book Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy written by Verity Harte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought. Topics include the vocabulary of politics, the practice of politics, the politics of value, and the extension of constitutional order to relations with animals, gods and the cosmos.
Book Synopsis A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic by : Valentina Arena
Download or read book A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic written by Valentina Arena and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful and original exploration of Roman Republic politics In A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic, editors Valentina Arena and Jonathan Prag deliver an incisive and original collection of forty contributions from leading academics representing various intellectual and academic traditions. The collected works represent some of the best scholarship in recent decades and adopt a variety of approaches, each of which confronts major problems in the field and contributes to ongoing research. The book represents a new, updated, and comprehensive view of the political world of Republican Rome and some of the included essays are available in English for the first time. Divided into six parts, the discussions consider the institutionalized loci, political actors, and values, rituals, and discourse that characterized Republican Rome. The Companion also offers several case studies and sections on the history of the interpretation of political life in the Roman Republic. Key features include: A thorough introduction to the Roman political world as seen through the wider lenses of Roman political culture Comprehensive explorations of the fundamental components of Roman political culture, including ideas and values, civic and religious rituals, myths, and communicative strategies Practical discussions of Roman Republic institutions, both with reference to their formal rules and prescriptions, and as patterns of social organization In depth examinations of the 'afterlife' of the Roman Republic, both in ancient authors and in early modern and modern times Perfect for students of all levels of the ancient world, A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars and students of politics, political history, and the history of ideas.
Book Synopsis Roman Political Thought by : Dean Hammer
Download or read book Roman Political Thought written by Dean Hammer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Political Thought is the first comprehensive treatment of the political thought of the Romans. Dean Hammer argues that the Romans were engaged in a wide-ranging and penetrating reflection on politics. The Romans did not create utopias. Instead, their thinking was relentlessly shaped by their own experiences of violence, the enormity and frailty of power, and an overwhelming sense of loss of the traditions that oriented them to their responsibilities as social, political, and moral beings. However much the Romans are known for their often complex legal and institutional arrangements, the power of their political thought lies in their exploration of the extra-institutional, affective foundations of political life. The book includes chapters on Cicero, Lucretius, Sallust, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine, and discussions of Polybius, the Stoics, Epicurus, and Epictetus.
Book Synopsis Birth of Politics (eGalley) by : Melissa Lane
Download or read book Birth of Politics (eGalley) written by Melissa Lane and published by . This book was released on with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece by : Sviatoslav Dmitriev
Download or read book The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece written by Sviatoslav Dmitriev and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book elucidates the many uses of the slogan of freedom by ancient Greeks, beginning with the Peloponnesian war and continuing throughout the Hellenistic period, and shows in detail how the Romans appropriated and adjusted Greek political vocabulary and practices to establish the pax Romana over the Mediterranean world.
Book Synopsis First Principles by : Thomas E. Ricks
Download or read book First Principles written by Thomas E. Ricks and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Editors' Choice —New York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." —James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics—and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation. On the morning after the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Ricks awoke with a few questions on his mind: What kind of nation did we now have? Is it what was designed or intended by the nation’s founders? Trying to get as close to the source as he could, Ricks decided to go back and read the philosophy and literature that shaped the founders’ thinking, and the letters they wrote to each other debating these crucial works—among them the Iliad, Plutarch’s Lives, and the works of Xenophon, Epicurus, Aristotle, Cato, and Cicero. For though much attention has been paid the influence of English political philosophers, like John Locke, closer to their own era, the founders were far more immersed in the literature of the ancient world. The first four American presidents came to their classical knowledge differently. Washington absorbed it mainly from the elite culture of his day; Adams from the laws and rhetoric of Rome; Jefferson immersed himself in classical philosophy, especially Epicureanism; and Madison, both a groundbreaking researcher and a deft politician, spent years studying the ancient world like a political scientist. Each of their experiences, and distinctive learning, played an essential role in the formation of the United States. In examining how and what they studied, looking at them in the unusual light of the classical world, Ricks is able to draw arresting and fresh portraits of men we thought we knew. First Principles follows these four members of the Revolutionary generation from their youths to their adult lives, as they grappled with questions of independence, and forming and keeping a new nation. In doing so, Ricks interprets not only the effect of the ancient world on each man, and how that shaped our constitution and government, but offers startling new insights into these legendary leaders.
Book Synopsis Ancient Political Thought by : Richard N. Bosley
Download or read book Ancient Political Thought written by Richard N. Bosley and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents selections from the political and social thought of the ancient West from the early sixth century BCE up to the early years of the Roman Empire and includes not only the classic philosophers, Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero, but a number of dramatists and historians as well. The range of topics these writings treat run from class conflict, through the perils of democracy and the horrors of tyranny, to the place of women in politics, while the styles range from the deeply dramatic of Sophocles’ Antigone and the bawdy satire of Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen to Plato’s Socratic dialogue Republic and Aristotle’s scientific treatise Politics. The translations have been chosen, and sometimes modified, for clarity and readability, and are accompanied by introductions which set forth the historical context and trace the general lines of thought the readings develop. Frequent notes explain references to ancient lore unfamiliar to many readers. Questions for discussion accompany each reading.
Book Synopsis Roman Political Ideas and Practice by : Frank E. Adcock
Download or read book Roman Political Ideas and Practice written by Frank E. Adcock and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies Roman politics from the early kings, through the Republic, to the age of dictatorships
Book Synopsis Greek Political Thought by : Ryan K. Balot
Download or read book Greek Political Thought written by Ryan K. Balot and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought showswhat ancient political texts might mean to citizens of thetwenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greekpolitical thought Demonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophymight mean to citizens of the twenty-first century Examines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophicaltexts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in itscultural context Pays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connectionsbetween politics and ethics Structured around key themes such as the origins of politicalthought, political self-definition, revolutions in politicalthought, democracy and imperialism
Book Synopsis Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists by : Michael Gagarin
Download or read book Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists written by Michael Gagarin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including the works of more than thirty authors, this edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes the origin of human society and law; the nature of justice and good government; the distribution of power among genders and social classes.
Book Synopsis A History of Political Thought by : Janet Coleman
Download or read book A History of Political Thought written by Janet Coleman and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2000-06-22 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the story of European political theorising by focusing on medieval and Renaissance thinkers. It includes extensive discussion of the practices that underpinned medieval political theories and which continued to play crucial roles in the eventual development of early-modern political institutions and debates. The author strikes a balance between trying to understand the philosophical cogency of medieval and Renaissance arguments on the one hand, elucidating why historically-suited medieval and Renaissance thinkers thought the ways they did about politics; and why we often think otherwise.
Book Synopsis Democracy, Justice, and Equality in Ancient Greece by : Georgios Anagnostopoulos
Download or read book Democracy, Justice, and Equality in Ancient Greece written by Georgios Anagnostopoulos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original essays in this volume discuss ideas relating to democracy, political justice, equality and inequalities in the distribution of resources and public goods. These issues were as vigorously debated at the height of ancient Greek democracy as they are in many democratic societies today. Contributing authors address these issues and debates about them from both philosophical and historical perspectives. Readers will discover research on the role of Athenian democracy in moderating economic inequality and reducing poverty, on ancient debates about how to respond to inborn and social inequalities, and on Plato’s and Aristotle’s critiques of Greek participatory democracies. Early chapters examine Plato’s views on equality, justice, and the distribution of political and non-political goods, including his defense of the abolition of private property for the ruling classes and of the equality of women in his ideal constitution and polis. Other papers discuss views of Socrates or Aristotle that are particularly relevant to contemporary political and economic disputes about punishment, freedom, slavery, the status of women, and public education, to name a few. This thorough consideration of the ancient Greeks' work on democracy, justice, and equality will appeal to scholars and researchers of the history of philosophy, Greek history, classics, as well as those with an interest in political philosophy.
