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The Birth of Politics : Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter /

[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democrary, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire ... [Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today ... an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lane, M. S. (Melissa S.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • List of maps
  • Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose
  • Chapter 1: Justice
  • Chapter 2: Constitution
  • Chapter 3: Democracy
  • Chapter 4: Virtue
  • Chapter 5: Citizenship
  • Chapter 6: Cosmopolitanism
  • Chapter 7: Republic
  • Chapter 8: Soverignty
  • Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman pasts
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • Athens map key
  • Brief biographies of key persons, events and places
  • Reference lists and abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index.