M. I. Finley

Democracy Ancient and Modern

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This classic study offers a comparative analysis of Greek and modern conceptions of democracy. Putting the ancient Greeks in dialogue with their contemporary counterparts, it tackles some of the most pressing issues of our day, including public apathy, partisanship, consensus politics, distrust of professional politicians, and the limits of free speech.

Produktdetails

• Mason Welch Gross Lecture
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• New Edition, Ne
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781978802339
• ISBN-10: 1978802331
• Artikelnr.: 51990966

Autorenporträt

Finley, M. I.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Preface                                                                                                             
Preface to the First
Edition                                                                              
1. Leaders and
Followers                                                                                     
2. Athenian
Demagogues                                                                                     
3. Democracy, Consensus and the National
Interest                                           
4. Socrates and
After                                                                                           
5. Censorship in Classical
Antiquity                                                                    
Notes
About the Author
Other Books by M. I. Finley        
Index