COURAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC POLIS P: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens - Image 1

£40.99

Oxford University Press COURAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC POLIS P: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens

Name: COURAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC POLIS P: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens
Brand: Oxford University Press
Price: 40.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Law

Price History & Forecast

Last 32 days • 32 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 32 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £41 (19 days, 59.4%)

Price range: £38 - £41

Price levels: 2 different prices over 32 days

Description

In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens' self-image as democrats. In revising traditional ideals, Balot argues, the Athenians reimagined the emotional and cognitive motivations for courage in ways that will unsettle and transform our contemporary discourses. Without losing sight of political tensions and practical conflicts, Balot illustrates the merits of the Athenian ideal, provocatively explaining its potential to enlarge our contemporary understandings of politics and ethics. The result is a remarkable interdisciplinary work that has significant implications for the theory and practice of democracy, both ancient and modern.

Product Specifications

Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0190879521
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Law
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 05 July 2018
Listed Since: 07 February 2018

Barcode

No barcode data available

Oxford University Press COURAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC POLIS P: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Greek Political Thought (Ancient Cultures)

Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens

Socrates Against Athens: Philosophy on Trial

The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

Athens on Trial – The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought

Courage and Cowardice in Ancient Greece: From Homer to Aristotle

Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Ancients and Moderns)

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People

Demokratia: A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern (Princeton Paperbacks)

Athenian Democracy (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World)

Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought

Athens: The City as University (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

The Rhetoric of the Past in Demosthenes and Aeschines: Oratory, History, and Politics in Classical Athens (Oxford Classical Monographs)

Political Dissent in Democratic Athens - Josiah Ober Book

Plato`s Democratic Entanglements – Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy

The Classical Athenian Democracy

Routledge Democracy and Money - Classical Athens Finance Book

Athenian Democracy: A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History)

The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy: A Politico-cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations: 21 (Ancient World: Comparative Histories)

Athens, 403 BC: A Democracy in Crisis? (Classical Scholarship in Translation)

Die Demagogen Und Das Volk: Zur Politischen Kommunikation Im Athen Des 5. Jahrhunderts V. Chr.: 13 (Klio / Beihefte. Neue Folge)

Athens: The City as University (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

Athenian Democracy at War

Democracy, Justice, and Equality in Ancient Greece: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives: 132 (Philosophical Studies Series, 132)