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Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule - Martin Classical Lectures
Josiah Ober
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule - Martin Classical Lectures
Josiah Ober
How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries BC? Interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, this book Ober argues that the tradition originated in a high-stakes debate about democracy.
440 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 2, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780691089812 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 440 |
Dimensions | 234 × 157 × 30 mm · 694 g |
Language | English |