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The Birth of politics : eight greek and roman political ideas and why they matter / Melissa Lane

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2014Description: x, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780691173092
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 73 .L36 2014
Contents:
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.
Summary: "[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"
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Political Science GC JC 73 .L36 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000018418

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"

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