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Josiah Ober

Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule

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How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C.? By interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, Josiah Ober argues that the tradition originated in a high-stakes debate about democracy. Since elite Greek intellectuals tended to assume that ordinary men were incapable of ruling themselves, the longevity and resilience of Athenian popular rule presented a problem: how to explain the apparent success of a regime irrationally based on the inherent wisdom and practical efficacy of decisions made by non-elite citizens? The problem be… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-691-08981-2
  • EAN: 9780691089812
  • Produktnummer: 8434045
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
  • Seitenangabe: 434 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.5 cm 695 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 695

Über den Autor


Josiah Ober is the David Magie Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classics at Princeton University. His books include The Athenian Revolution, Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens, and Demokratia (edited with Charles Hedrick). All three books are available from Princeton.

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