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Athens on trial : the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought /

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. W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Athenian experiment
  • The first attacks on Athenian democracy
  • Democracy and the philosophers
  • Roman adaptations
  • Recovering the Greeks
  • Monarchists and Republicans
  • The debate over Athens and Sparta
  • Athenian democracy in the age of revolutions
  • A shift in the sands
  • The turning of the tide
  • Athenians and others
  • Epilogue: the old and the new.