The Birth of politics : eight greek and roman political ideas and why they matter /
Lane, Melissa
The Birth of politics : eight greek and roman political ideas and why they matter / Melissa Lane - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2014 - x, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose -- Justice -- Constitution -- Democracy -- Virtue -- Citizenship -- Cosmopolitanism -- Republic -- Sovereignty -- Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman pasts -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Athens map key -- Brief biographies of key persons, events and places -- Reference lists and abbreviations.
"[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire...[Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today...and describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions"
9780691173092
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- GREECE -- HISTORY
JC 73 .L36 2014
The Birth of politics : eight greek and roman political ideas and why they matter / Melissa Lane - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2014 - x, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose -- Justice -- Constitution -- Democracy -- Virtue -- Citizenship -- Cosmopolitanism -- Republic -- Sovereignty -- Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman pasts -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Athens map key -- Brief biographies of key persons, events and places -- Reference lists and abbreviations.
"[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire...[Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today...and describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions"
9780691173092
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- GREECE -- HISTORY
JC 73 .L36 2014