03683nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10683254 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 121113s2013 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2012042383 9781444351064 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9781118561607 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)846959919 e-gr--- JC75.D36 G73 2013eb 320.938/5 23 The Greek polis and the invention of democracy [electronic resource] : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations / edited by Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. x, 400 p. Ancient world : comparative histories Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner -- Part I. The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective -- Exploring the Greek Needle's Eye : Civilizational and Political Transformations / Johann P. Arnason -- Transformations of Democracy : Towards a History of Political Thought and Practice in Long-term Perspective / Peter Wagner -- Part II. Ways of Polis-making : Grasping the Novelty of the Political -- To Act with Good Advice : Greek Tragedy and the Democratic Political Sphere / Egon Flaig -- Democracy and Dissent : The Case of Comedy / Lucio Bertelli -- Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-century Greece / Jonas Grethlein -- Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens / Harvey Yunis -- Law and Democracy in Classical Athens / Adriaan Lanni -- Democracy and Political Philosophy : Influences, Tensions, Rapprochement / Ryan Balot -- Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens / Elizabeth Meyer -- Part III. Changing a Way of Life : Democracy's Impact on polis-Society -- The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life / Sara Forsdyke -- The Participation of the demos in Decision-Making : Principles and Reality / Claude Moss�e -- Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece / Robin Osborne -- Democracy and War / Lawrence A. Tritle -- Part IV. Political Concepts and Commitments -- Perfecting the Political Creature (z?ion politikon) : Equality and "the Political" in the Evolution of Greek Democracy / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of the Greek polis / Tracy Strong -- The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients / Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Democracy Greece History To 1500. City-states Greece History To 1500. Social change Greece History To 1500. Citizenship Greece History To 1500. Politics and culture Greece History To 1500. Arts Political aspects Greece History To 1500. Civilization Greek influences. Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C. Greece Social conditions To 146 B.C. Electronic books. local �Arnason, J�ohann P�all, 1940- Raaflaub, Kurt A. Wagner, Peter, 1956- ebrary, Inc. Ancient world--comparative histories. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10683254 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 32483 32483