TY  - BOOK
AU  - �Arnason,J�ohann P�all
AU  - Raaflaub,Kurt A.
AU  - Wagner,Peter
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The Greek polis and the invention of democracy: a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations 
T2  - Ancient world : comparative histories
AV  - JC75.D36 G73 2013eb
U1  - 320.938/5 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Greece
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - City-states
KW  - Social change
KW  - Citizenship
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - Arts
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Greek influences
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - To 146 B.C
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10683254
ER  -