Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Paul Cartledge is A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow of Clare College and Emeritus A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Carol Atack is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK.
This volume, and indeed the full series, is heartily recommended to the ordinary <i>Classics for All</i> reader.
Classics for All
This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of ancient societies throughout Antiquity. It examines the experiences of those living in democratic communities and considers how ancient practices of democracy differ from our own.
The origins of democracy can be traced in a general way to the earliest civilizations, beginning with the early urban societies of the Middle East, and can be seen in cities and communities across the Mediterranean world and Asia. In classical Athens, male citizens enjoyed full participation in the political life of the city and a flourishing democratic culture, as explored in detail in this volume. In other times and places democratic features were absent from the formal structures of regimes, but could still be found in the participatory structures of local social institutions.
Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: sovereignty; liberty and the rule of law; the “common good”; economic and social democracy; religion and the principles of political obligation; citizenship and gender; ethnicity, race, and nationalism; democratic crises, revolutions, and civil resistance; international relations; and beyond the polis. These ten different approaches to democracy in Antiquity add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject.
List of Illustrations
General Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Carol Atack and Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge, UK)
1. Sovereignty
Andrew Monson (New York University, USA) and Carol Atack (University of Cambridge, UK)
2. Liberty and the Rule of Law
Valentina Arena (University College London, UK)
3. The Common Good
Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia University, USA)
4. Economic and Social Democracy
Emily Mackil (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation
Georgia Petridou (University of Liverpool, UK)
6. Citizenship and Gender
Carol Atack (University of Cambridge, UK)
7. Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism
Denise Eileen McCoskey (Miami University, USA)
8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions, and Civil Resistance
Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge, UK)
9. International Relations
Carol Atack with Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge, UK)
10. Beyond the Classical Polis
Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Notes
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:
- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Early Modern Age
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age
The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.
Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion
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A Cultural History of Fairy Tales
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A Cultural History of Hair
“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”
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A Cultural History of Law
“These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.”
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A Cultural History of Peace
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A Cultural History of Theatre
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A Cultural History of Tragedy
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A Cultural History of Western Empires
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A Cultural History of Work
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Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Paul Cartledge is A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow of Clare College and Emeritus A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Carol Atack is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK.