Silence and Democracy : Athenian Politics in Thucydides' History /

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The role of elites vis--̉vis the mass public in the construction and successful functioning of democracy has long been of central interest to political theorists. In Silence and Democracy, John Zumbrunnen explores this theme in Thucydides' famous history of the Peloponnesian War as a way of foc...

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Autor principal: Zumbrunnen, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Thucydides. > Historiae.
Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War.
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
Politische Beteiligung
Demokratie
Politics and government
Political participation.
Democracy.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Political participation > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Democracy > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Athen
Greece > Athens.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Athenian stasis and the quiet of the mob
  • The silence of hoi Athenaioi : two modes of Athenian action in the history
  • Deliberative action and Athenian "character"
  • The silence of the demos and the challenges of political judgment : on the "decline" of Athenian politics
  • Justice and empire : Athenian silence and the representation of Athens abroad
  • Athenian silence and the fate of Plataea.

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