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The Greek tradition in republican thought /

The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought traces the influence of ancient Greek sources on the development of republican theory in Europe and America. It offers a substantial revision of standard narratives of the trajectory of republican political theory from the ancient to the modern world.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nelson, Eric, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Ideas in context ; 69.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Greek nonsense in More's Utopia
  • 2. The Roman agrarian laws and Machiavelli's modi privati
  • 3. James Harrington and the "balance of justice"
  • 4. "Prolem cum matre creatam": the background to Montesquieu
  • 5. Montesquieu's Greek republics
  • 6. The Greek tradition and the American Founding
  • Coda: Tocqueville and the Greeks.