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Aeschylus
Ancient Greece
Aristocracy
Aristotle
Athenian Democracy
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Authoritarianism
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Cimon
City-state
Civilization
Classical antiquity
Classical Athens
Classical republicanism
Critias
Decadence
Delian League
Demagogue
Democracy
Demokratia
Demosthenes
Despotism
Determination
Enthusiasm
Ephor
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Ethos
Euripides
Fifth-century Athens
Forms of government
Freedom of speech
Gorgias
Greeks
Hellenistic period
Herodotus
Ideology
Imperialism
Intellectual
Isocrates
Miltiades
Mitford
Mixed government
Modernity
Monarchy
Multitude
Niccolo Machiavelli
Nicias
Oligarchy
Ostracism
Patriotism
Pericles
Philosopher
Philosophy
Phocion
Plebs
Plutarch
Political philosophy
Politics
Popular sovereignty
Precedent
Republic (Plato)
Republicanism
Rhetoric
Slavery
Sophocles
Themistocles
Thrasybulus
Thucydides
Tories (British political party)
Tyrant
Victorian era
Wealth
Writing
Product details
- ISBN 9780691029191
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jan 1997
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book, Jennifer Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory.
Jennifer Tolbert Roberts is Professor of History at Southern Methodist University and Associate Professor of Classical Languages and History at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Accountability in Athenian Government (Wisconsin) and, with Robert Zaller and Richard Greaves, Civilizations of the West (HarperCollins).
