Athens on trial : the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought / Jennifer Tolbert Roberts.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994. 1994وصف:xviii, 405 pages ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0691056978 (CL) :
- $39.50
- JC79.A8 R63 1994
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JC79.A8 R63 1994 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000088408 |
Browsing UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات shelves, Shelving location: General Collection | المجموعات العامة إغلاق مستعرض الرف(يخفي مستعرض الرف)
JC79.A8 A86 1994 Athenian political thought and the reconstruction of American democracy / | JC79.A8 A86 1994 Athenian political thought and the reconstruction of American democracy / | JC79.A8 .J612 1976 الديمقراطية الأثينية / | JC79.A8 R63 1994 Athens on trial : the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought / | JC81 C575 1993 On government / | JC81 C613 1998 The republic ; and, The laws / | JC81.K4 Q72 1987 قضايا الفكر السياسي : الارادة الخيرة: او: مملكة الغابات: او: الامر اللازم الجازم :دراسة منهجية ناقدة تعالج: مصححة: هذه المفاهيم الثلاثة الاساسية في فلسفة عمانوئيل كانط الاخلاقية / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-391) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Classical Greece. Ch. 2. The Athenian Experiment. Ch. 3. The First Attacks on Athenian Democracy. Ch. 4. Democracy and the Philosophers -- Pt. 2. Playing With the Past. Ch. 5. Roman Adaptations. Ch. 6. Recovering the Greeks. Ch. 7. Monarchists and Republicans. Ch. 8. The Debate over Athens and Sparta. Ch. 9. Athenian Democracy in the Age of Revolutions. Ch. 10. A Shift in the Sands -- Pt. 3. Modern Transformations. Ch. 11. The Turning of the Tide. Ch. 12. Athenians and Others. Ch. 13. Epilogue: The Old and the New.
The classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought.
Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book Jennifer Tolbert Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory
.
Rooted in the bias of Greek intellectuals, Roberts argues, hostility to Athenian democracy gained strength from the propensity of Western thinkers to read history backward and infer the impotence of Athens's form of government from the Athenians' ultimate defeat by Macedon in 338 B.C. In time, dislike of Athenian government developed into a powerful intellectual construct that stood largely unchallenged until the early nineteenth century.
In the epilogue, the author examines the controversies that continue to surround Athens in the present day.