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Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece - Couverture rigide

Pierre Carlier; Robin Lane Fox; Nigel Spencer; David Braund; J.K. Davies; James Roy; Catherine Morgan

 
9780198152200: Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198152205 ISBN 13 : 9780198152200
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

In 1993 the world celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the birth of democracy in ancient Athens, whose polis - or citizen state - is often viewed as the model ancient Greek state. In an age when democracy has apparently triumphed following the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, we tend to forget that the democratic citizen-state was only one of many forms of political community in Greek antiquity. This volume, originally a seminar series at the universities of Leeds and Manchester, aims to redress the balance. Eighteen essays by established and younger historians examine alternative political systems and ideologies oligarchies, monarchies, mixed constitutions along with diverse forms of communal and regional associations such as ethnoi, amphiktyonies, and confederacies. The papers, which span the length and breadth of the Hellenic world from the Balkans and Anatolia to Magna Graecia and north Africa, highlight the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1993 the world celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the birth of democracy in ancient Athens, whose polis - or citizen state - is often viewed as the model ancient Greek state. In an age when democracy has apparently triumphed following the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, we tend to forget that the democratic citizen-state was only one of many forms of political community in Greek antiquity. This volume, originally a seminar series at the universities of Leeds and Manchester, aims to redress the balance. Eighteen essays by established and younger historians examine alternative political systems and ideologies oligarchies, monarchies, mixed constitutions along with diverse forms of communal and regional associations such as ethnoi, amphiktyonies, and confederacies. The papers, which span the length and breadth of the Hellenic world from the Balkans and Anatolia to Magna Graecia and north Africa, highlight the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization.

Revue de presse

'a cogent, wide-ranging introduction to the scope and scale of political expression in the ancient Greek world that will be warmly welcomed by ancient historians and classical scholars alike.' (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198152205
ISBN 13 
9780198152200
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
412
Éditeur
Roger Brock, Stephen Hodkinson
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