Greek Oligarchies

Download Greek Oligarchies full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Greek Oligarchies ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Classical Greek Oligarchy

Author : Matthew Simonton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691192057
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Classical Greek Oligarchy by : Matthew Simonton

Download or read book Classical Greek Oligarchy written by Matthew Simonton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Greek Oligarchy thoroughly reassesses an important but neglected form of ancient Greek government, the "rule of the few." Matthew Simonton challenges scholarly orthodoxy by showing that oligarchy was not the default mode of politics from time immemorial, but instead emerged alongside, and in reaction to, democracy. He establishes for the first time how oligarchies maintained power in the face of potential citizen resistance. The book argues that oligarchs designed distinctive political institutions—such as intra-oligarchic power sharing, targeted repression, and rewards for informants—to prevent collective action among the majority population while sustaining cooperation within their own ranks. To clarify the workings of oligarchic institutions, Simonton draws on recent social science research on authoritarianism. Like modern authoritarian regimes, ancient Greek oligarchies had to balance coercion with co-optation in order to keep their subjects disorganized and powerless. The book investigates topics such as control of public space, the manipulation of information, and the establishment of patron-client relations, frequently citing parallels with contemporary nondemocratic regimes. Simonton also traces changes over time in antiquity, revealing the processes through which oligarchy lost the ideological battle with democracy for legitimacy. Classical Greek Oligarchy represents a major new development in the study of ancient politics. It fills a longstanding gap in our knowledge of nondemocratic government while greatly improving our understanding of forms of power that continue to affect us today.

Greek Oligarchies, Their Character and Organisations

Author : Leonard Whibley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Greek Oligarchies, Their Character and Organisations by : Leonard Whibley

Download or read book Greek Oligarchies, Their Character and Organisations written by Leonard Whibley and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the governmental structure & organization of the classical Greek Oligarchy.

Oligarchia

Author : Martin Ostwald
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515076807
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (768 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Oligarchia by : Martin Ostwald

Download or read book Oligarchia written by Martin Ostwald and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended as an introduction to the definition of oligarchy, this concise study guides the reader through the ideologies of Plato and Aristotle and compares theoretical oligarchy with its practice. Ostwald also examines the benefits and disadvantages of oligarchical citizenship.

Greek Oligarchies

Author : Leonard Whibley
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Greek Oligarchies by : Leonard Whibley

Download or read book Greek Oligarchies written by Leonard Whibley and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1955 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Greek oligarchies

Author : Leonard Whibley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Greek oligarchies by : Leonard Whibley

Download or read book Greek oligarchies written by Leonard Whibley and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to Ancient Greek Government

Author : Hans Beck
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118303172
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Companion to Ancient Greek Government by : Hans Beck

Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Greek Government written by Hans Beck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume details the variety of constitutions and types of governing bodies in the ancient Greek world. A collection of original scholarship on ancient Greek governing structures and institutions Explores the multiple manifestations of state action throughout the Greek world Discusses the evolution of government from the Archaic Age to the Hellenistic period, ancient typologies of government, its various branches, principles and procedures and realms of governance Creates a unique synthesis on the spatial and memorial connotations of government by combining the latest institutional research with more recent trends in cultural scholarship

On Oligarchy

Author : David Edward Tabachnick
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442640111
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis On Oligarchy by : David Edward Tabachnick

Download or read book On Oligarchy written by David Edward Tabachnick and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Economic power is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few, even as democratic movements worldwide allow for political power to be dispersed among the many. With their access to influence, the wealthy can shape and constrain the political power of the rest of the world. As the economic dominance of an elite minority coincides with the forces of globalization, is oligarchy becoming the dominant political regime? This collection explores the renewed relevance of oligarchy to contemporary global politics. By drawing out lessons from classic texts, contributors illustrate how the character of oligarchical regimes informs contemporary political life. Topics include the relationship between the American government and corporations, the tension between republican and oligarchical regimes, and the potential conflicts that have opened up between economic management and political life. On Oligarchy deftly illuminates the significance of this regime in the context of pressing global economic and political issues."--Publisher's website.

Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521437684
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (376 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

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.

Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520266056
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy by : Aristotle

Download or read book Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy written by Aristotle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains: Aristotle's The Constitution of Athens Xenophon's The Politeia of the Spartans The Constitution of the Athenians ascribed to Xenophon the Orator The Boeotian Constitution from the Oxyrhynchus Historian In bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional documents from ancient Greece thirty five years ago, J. M. Moore produced an authoritative work of the highest scholarship. An explanatory essay by classics scholar Kurt A. Raaflaub expands this indispensable collection.

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

Author : Nigel Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787992
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by : Nigel Wilson

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece written by Nigel Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.

Wandering Greeks

Author : Robert Garland
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069117380X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Wandering Greeks by : Robert Garland

Download or read book Wandering Greeks written by Robert Garland and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end. But Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement was essential to the survival, success, and sheer sustainability of their society, and that this wandering became a defining characteristic of their culture. Addressing a neglected but essential subject, Wandering Greeks focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their homes due to political upheaval, oppression, poverty, warfare, or simply a desire to better themselves. Attempting to enter into the mind-set of these wanderers, the book provides an insightful and sympathetic account of what it meant for ancient Greeks to part from everyone and everything they held dear, to start a new life elsewhere—or even to become homeless, living on the open road or on the high seas with no end to their journey in sight. Each chapter identifies a specific kind of "wanderer," including the overseas settler, the deportee, the evacuee, the asylum-seeker, the fugitive, the economic migrant, and the itinerant, and the book also addresses repatriation and the idea of the "portable polis." The result is a vivid and unique portrait of ancient Greece as a culture of displaced persons.

Polis and Revolution

Author : Julia L. Shear
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521760445
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Polis and Revolution by : Julia L. Shear

Download or read book Polis and Revolution written by Julia L. Shear and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how democracy in Athens was recreated and the city rebuilt following the oligarchic revolutions of the fifth century BC.

Oligarchy

Author : Jeffrey A. Winters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113949564X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Oligarchy by : Jeffrey A. Winters

Download or read book Oligarchy written by Jeffrey A. Winters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, oligarchs were viewed as empowered by wealth, an idea muddled by elite theory early in the twentieth century. The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them and inherently exposes them to threats. The existential motive of all oligarchs is wealth defense. How they respond varies with the threats they confront, including how directly involved they are in supplying the coercion underlying all property claims and whether they act separately or collectively. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic and civil. Moreover, the rule of law problem in many societies is a matter of taming oligarchs. Cases studied in this book include the United States, ancient Athens and Rome, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, medieval Venice and Siena, mafia commissions in the United States and Italy, feuding Appalachian families and early chiefs cum oligarchs dating from 2300 BCE.

Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens

Author : Ryan K. Balot
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691220158
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens by : Ryan K. Balot

Download or read book Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens written by Ryan K. Balot and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original and rewarding combination of intellectual and political history, Ryan Balot offers a thorough historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, the author demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Over time, the Athenians developed sophisticated psychological and political accounts of acquisitiveness and a correspondingly rich vocabulary to describe and condemn it. Greed figures repeatedly as an object of criticism in authors as diverse as Solon, Thucydides, and Plato--all of whom addressed the social disruptions caused by it, as well as the inadequacy of lives focused on it. Because of its ethical significance, greed surfaced frequently in theoretical debates about democracy and oligarchy. Ultimately, critiques of greed--particularly the charge that it is unjust--were built into the robust accounts of justice formulated by many philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle. Such critiques of greed both reflected and were inextricably knitted into economic history and political events, including the coups of 411 and 404 B.C. Balot contrasts ancient Greek thought on distributive justice with later Western traditions, with implications for political and economic history well beyond the classical period. Because the belief that greed is good holds a dominant position in modern justifications of capitalism, this study provides a deep historical context within which such justifications can be reexamined and, perhaps, found wanting.

Lysistrata

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Lysistrata by : Aristophanes

Download or read book Lysistrata written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks

Author : Basil Edward Hammond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks by : Basil Edward Hammond

Download or read book The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks written by Basil Edward Hammond and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery

Author : Peter Hunt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119421063
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery by : Peter Hunt

Download or read book Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery written by Peter Hunt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting study of ancient slavery in Greece and Rome This book provides an introduction to pivotal issues in the study of classical (Greek and Roman) slavery. The span of topics is broad—ranging from everyday resistance to slavery to philosophical justifications of slavery, and from the process of enslavement to the decline of slavery after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The book uses a wide spectrum of types of evidence, and relies on concrete and vivid examples whenever possible. Introductory chapters provide historical context and a clear and concise discussion of the methodological difficulties of studying ancient slavery. The following chapters are organized around central topics in slave studies: enslavement, economics, politics, culture, sex and family life, manumission and ex-slaves, everyday conflict, revolts, representations, philosophy and law, and decline and legacy. Chapters open with general discussions of important scholarly controversies and the challenges of our ancient evidence, and case studies from the classical Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman periods provide detailed and concrete explorations of the issues. Organized by key themes in slave studies with in-depth classical case studies Emphasizes Greek/Roman comparisons and contrasts Features helpful customized maps Topics range from demography to philosophy, from Linear B through the fall of the empire in the west Features myriad types of evidence: literary, historical, legal and philosophical texts, the bible, papyri, epitaphs, lead letters, curse tablets, art, manumission inscriptions, and more Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery provides a general survey of classical slavery and is particularly appropriate for college courses on Greek and Roman slavery, on comparative slave societies, and on ancient social history. It will also be of great interest to history enthusiasts and scholars, especially those interested in slavery in different periods and societies.