Thucydides and the ancient simplicity : the limits of political realism /

Famous both as an analysis of power politics and as a classic of political realism, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is the earliest surviving realist text in the European tradition. From the opening speeches, Thucydides' Athenians emerge as a new and frightening source of powe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crane, Gregory, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Thucydides > Contributions in concept of truth.
Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War.
Thucydide > Et le concept de vérité
Thucydide. > Guerre du Péloponnèse.
Thucydides
Thucydides > Political and social views
Thucydides.
Thucydide (0460?-0395? av. J.-C.). > Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse.
Thucydide, > (0460?-0395? av. J.-C.) > Contribution au concept de vérité.
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
Human behavior.
Objectivity.
Realism > Political aspects.
Political realism.
Behavior
Comportement humain.
Objectivité.
Réalisme politique.
human behavior.
HISTORY > Ancient.
Human behavior
Objectivity
Realism > Political aspects
Truth
Historiae (Thucydides)
Ethiek.
Politieke filosofie.
Réalisme > Aspect politique.
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Grèce > 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sherman at Melos
  • 2. Truest Causes and Thucydidean Realisms
  • 3. Representations of Power before and after Thucydides
  • 4. Power, Prestige, and the Corcyraean Affair
  • 5. Archaeology I
  • 6. Archaeology II
  • 7. The Rule of the Strong and the Limits of Friendship
  • 8. Archidamos and Sthenelaidas
  • 9. The Melian Dialogue
  • 10. Athenian Theses.

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