[PDF] Democratic Lessons What The Greeks Can Teach Us eBook

Author : Howard Burton
Publisher : Open Agenda Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1771700793

GET BOOK

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. This extensive conversation includes topics such as the serendipitous factors that led him to study the classical world, the insights that examining rhetoric provide about ancient Athenian society, and how social media might help us fruitfully recreate aspects of the past. Through an engaging dialogue format Josiah Ober discusses his insights that the ancient Athenians didn’t just happen to stumble upon the idea of democracy—they somehow managed to make it work in practice for the better part of 200 years, all the while facing many of the same divisive societal pressures that we are currently grappling with. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Back to the Future, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Cutting One’s Wisdom Teeth - How a girlfriend’s dental work leads to Thucydides II. Digging Deeper - Contrasting wars and lurking contradictions III. Battling Iron Laws - Athenian democracy as a counterexample IV. Feet to the Fire? - Using new and old media to keep politicians on point V. Why Athens? - Addressing elite capture and economic and political equality VI. Dissent - Critiquing our system or our values VII. Enter Aristotle - The perils of being a cat in a box VIII. Increasing Eudaimonia - Improving democracy IX. Dignity - An essential ingredient of a flourishing democracy X. Keeping It Real - Engaging the general public with scholarly insights About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series: This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert, generated through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.

Author : Howard Burton
Publisher :
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781771702683

GET BOOK

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. This wide-ranging conversation explores the insights that examining rhetoric provides about ancient Athenian society, and how social media might help us fruitfully recreate aspects of the past. Josiah Ober discusses his research on how the ancient Athenians didn't just happen to stumble upon the idea of democracy--they somehow managed to make it work in practice for th.

Author : Diane Harris Cline
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 142621670X

GET BOOK

"Companion to the PBS series The Greeks"--Dust jacket.

Author : Universal Politics
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541951824

GET BOOK

Let’s talk about democracy beyond its most basic definitions. Learn about democracy as a legacy of Ancient Greece. Use this social studies book to grow your child’s interest in learning the democratic system as well as the rights of the citizens. By knowing its origins, perhaps your child can better understand how the ancient Greek concept has impacted future governments. Get a copy today.

Author : Matthew Simonton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0691192057

GET BOOK

Classical Greek Oligarchy thoroughly reassesses an important but neglected form of ancient Greek government, the "rule of the few." Matthew Simonton challenges scholarly orthodoxy by showing that oligarchy was not the default mode of politics from time immemorial, but instead emerged alongside, and in reaction to, democracy. He establishes for the first time how oligarchies maintained power in the face of potential citizen resistance. The book argues that oligarchs designed distinctive political institutions—such as intra-oligarchic power sharing, targeted repression, and rewards for informants—to prevent collective action among the majority population while sustaining cooperation within their own ranks. To clarify the workings of oligarchic institutions, Simonton draws on recent social science research on authoritarianism. Like modern authoritarian regimes, ancient Greek oligarchies had to balance coercion with co-optation in order to keep their subjects disorganized and powerless. The book investigates topics such as control of public space, the manipulation of information, and the establishment of patron-client relations, frequently citing parallels with contemporary nondemocratic regimes. Simonton also traces changes over time in antiquity, revealing the processes through which oligarchy lost the ideological battle with democracy for legitimacy. Classical Greek Oligarchy represents a major new development in the study of ancient politics. It fills a longstanding gap in our knowledge of nondemocratic government while greatly improving our understanding of forms of power that continue to affect us today.

Author : Emily Katz Anhalt
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1503629406

GET BOOK

An incisive exploration of the way Greek myths empower us to defeat tyranny. As tyrannical passions increasingly plague twenty-first-century politics, tales told in ancient Greek epics and tragedies provide a vital antidote. Democracy as a concept did not exist until the Greeks coined the term and tried the experiment, but the idea can be traced to stories that the ancient Greeks told and retold. From the eighth through the fifth centuries BCE, Homeric epics and Athenian tragedies exposed the tyrannical potential of individuals and groups large and small. These stories identified abuses of power as self-defeating. They initiated and fostered a movement away from despotism and toward broader forms of political participation. Following her highly praised book Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths, the classicist Emily Katz Anhalt retells tales from key ancient Greek texts and proceeds to interpret the important message they hold for us today. As she reveals, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Aeschylus's Oresteia, and Sophocles's Antigone encourage us—as they encouraged the ancient Greeks—to take responsibility for our own choices and their consequences. These stories emphasize the responsibilities that come with power (any power, whether derived from birth, wealth, personal talents, or numerical advantage), reminding us that the powerful and the powerless alike have obligations to each other. They assist us in restraining destructive passions and balancing tribal allegiances with civic responsibilities. They empower us to resist the tyrannical impulses not only of others but also in ourselves. In an era of political polarization, Embattled demonstrates that if we seek to eradicate tyranny in all its toxic forms, ancient Greek epics and tragedies can point the way.

Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0520258096

GET BOOK

"A balanced, high-quality analysis of the developing nature of Athenian political society and its relationship to 'democracy' as a timeless concept."—Mark Munn, author of The School of History

Author : Jeff Miller
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1788360761

GET BOOK

The storming of the US Capitol building in January 2021 focused attention on the multiple threats facing contemporary liberal democracies. Beyond the immediate problem of Covid-19, the past two decades saw political polarization, a dramatic rise in inequality, global warming and other environmental threats, as well as the growth of dangerous cultural and political divisions. Western liberal democracies find themselves in the midst of what political theorists call a legitimation crisis: major portions of the population lack confidence in the ability of governments to address our most pressing problems. This distrust in government and traditional political parties opened the door to populist leaders and a rising tide of authoritarianism. Liberal democracies face major structural and normative challenges in the near future that require us to look beyond the traditional set of solutions available. Democracy in Crisis points back to the world's first democratic government, Ancient Athens, to see what made that political arrangement durable and resistant to both internal and external threats. The argument focuses on several distinctive Athenian institutions and practices, and considers how we might reimagine them in the modern world. The book addresses questions of civic ideology and institutions, with extended treatment of two distinctive Athenian institutions, ostracism and sortition.

Author : Paul Woodruff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 44,93 MB
Release : 2006-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0195304543

GET BOOK

This brilliant analysis of the nature of democracy draws on the hard-earned lessons of the ancient Greeks.