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Death to tyrants! : ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny /
Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to ""kill a tyrant."" David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass upris...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to ""kill a tyrant."" David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threats? |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400848539 9781400848539 |