Demokratia: A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern

Published by Princeton University Press 1997

Demokratia

A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern

Edited by: Josiah Ober and Charles Hedrick

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691227887

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About this book

This book is the result of a long and fruitful conversation among practitioners of two very different fields: ancient history and political theory. The topic of the conversation is classical Greek democracy and its contemporary relevance. The nineteen contributors remain diverse in their political commitments and in their analytic approaches, but all have engaged deeply with Greek texts, with normative and historical concerns, and with each others' arguments. The issues and tensions examined here are basic to both history and political theory: revolution versus stability, freedom and equality, law and popular sovereignty, cultural ideals and social practice. While the authors are sharply critical of many aspects of Athenian society, culture, and government, they are united by a conviction that classical Athenian democracy has once again become a centrally important subject for political debate.

The contributors are Benjamin R. Barber, Alan Boegehold, Paul Cartledge, Susan Guettel Cole, W. Robert Connor, Carol Dougherty, J. Peter Euben, Mogens H. Hansen, Victor D. Hanson, Carnes Lord, Philip Brook Manville, Ian Morris, Martin Ostwald, Kurt Raaflaub, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Barry S. Strauss, Robert W. Wallace, Sheldon S. Wolin, and Ellen Meiksins Wood.

Author / Editor information

Josiah Ober is the David Magie Professor of Ancient History in the Classics Department of Princeton University. Charles Hedrick is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Reviews

"The excellent collection of essays edited by Ober and Hedrick rewards the reader with a state-of-the-art survey from different perspectives on the topic of ancient democracy: what characterizes all the essays is the constant attention to the lesson that modern democracy can learn from looking back to its ancestral model."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction DEMOCRACIES ANCIENT AND MODERN Josiah Ober and Charles Hedrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE Liberty, Equality, and Law
THE STRONG PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY AND THE ARCHAIC ORIGINS OF GREEK DEMOCR Ian Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
SHARES AND RIGHTS: "CITIZENSHIP" GREEK STYLE AND AMERICAN STYLE Martin Ostwald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
TRANSGRESSION, EQUALITY, AND VOICE Sheldon S. Wolin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
THE ANCIENT ATHENIAN AND THE MODERN LIBERAL VIEW OF LIBERTY AS A DEMOCRATIC IDEAL Mogens Herman Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
LAW, FREEDOM, AND THE CONCEPT OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS Robert W. Wallace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
DEMOS VERSUS "WE, THE PEOPLE": FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY ANCIENT AND MODERN Ellen Meiksins Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES IN ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY Kurt A. Raaflaub Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
COMPARATIVELY EQUAL Paul Cartledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
ATHENIAN EQUALITY: A CONSTANT SURROUNDED BY FLUX Jennifer Tolbert Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN THE LAW AT ATHENS Alan Boegehold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
PART TWO Civic Ritual and the Education of Citizens
CIVIL SOCIETY, DIONYSIAC FESTIVAL, AND THE ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY W. Robert Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
OATH RITUAL AND THE MALE COMMUNITY AT ATHENS Susan Guettel Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
DEMOCRATIC CONTRADICTIONS AND THE SYNOPTIC ILLUSION OF EURIPIDES' ION Carol Dougherty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
ARISTOTLE AND THE IDEA OF LIBERAL EDUCATION Carnes Lord Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
HOPLITES INTO DEMOCRATS: THE CHANGING IDEOLOGY OF ATHENIAN INFANTRY Victor D. Hanson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
THE ATHENIAN TRIREME, SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY Barry S. Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
READING DEMOCRACY: "SOCRATIC" DIALOGUES AND THE POLITICAL EDUCATION OF DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS J. Peter Euben Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
MISREADING DEMOCRACY: PETER EUBEN AND THE GORGIAS Benjamin R. Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
ANCIENT GREEK DEMOCRACY AND THE MODERN KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE IDEOLOGY OF TWO REVOLUTIONS Philip Brook Manville Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449