A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought

Editor: Balot, Ryan K.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprises 34 essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science to illuminate Greek and Roman political thought in all its diversity and depth.

Offers a broad survey of ancient political thought from Archaic Greece through Late Antiquity
Approaches ancient political philosophy from both a normative and historical focus
Examines Greek and Roman political thought within historical context and contemporary debate
Explores the role of ancient political thought in a range of philosophies, such as the individual and community, human rights, religion, and cosmopolitanism

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 183mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1346g
• ISBN-13: 9781405151436
• ISBN-10: 1405151439
• Artikelnr.: 25079984

Autorenporträt

Ryan K. Balot is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. The author of Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens (2001) and Greek Political Thought (Blackwell, 2006), he specializes in the history of political thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Note on Translations. List of
Abbreviations. Part I: The Broad View. Part II: Democracies and Republics.
Part III: The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule. Part IV: The Passions of
Ancient Politics Political Animals. Part V: The Athens of Socrates, Plato,
and Aristotle. Part VI Constructing Political Narrative. Part VII:
Antipolitics. Part VIII: Receptions. References. Index of Subjects. Index
Locorum.