Guide

Ryan K. Balot (éd.), A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought, Hoboken, 2009.
Ryan K. Balot (éd.), Manuale di introduzione al pensiero politico Greco e Romano

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Collection : Blackwell Companions
688 pages
ISBN : 978-1-4051-5143-6
£95.00 / €114.00

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

List of Abbreviations

Part I: The Broad View

1 Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought: Ryan K. Balot (University of Toronto)

2 What is Politics in the Ancient World?: Dean Hammer (Franklin and Marshall College)

3 Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context:
Kurt A. Raaflaub (Brown University)

4 Civic Ideology and Citizenship: P. J. Rhodes (University of Durham)

5 Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek: Political Theory: Josiah Ober (Stanford University)

6 Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes
in Classical Athens and Republican Rome: Craige B. Champion (Syracuse University)

7 Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi:
Giulia Sissa (University of California, Los Angeles)

8 The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought: Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge)

Part II: Democracies and Republics
9 Democracy Ancient and Modern: Peter Liddel (University of Manchester)

10 ‘‘Rights,” Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece: Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge) and Matt Edge (University of Cambridge)

11 Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States: Robert W. Wallace (Northwestern University)

12 The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought: David E. Hahm (Ohio State University, Columbus)

13 Republican Virtues 199: Malcolm Schofield (University of Cambridge)

14 Roman Democracy?: W. Jeffrey Tatum (University of Sydney)

Part III: The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule
15 The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny: Sara Forsdyke (University of Michigan)

16 Hellenistic Monarchy in Theory and Practice: Arthur M. Eckstein (University of Maryland)

17 The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World: Carlos F. Norenã (University of California, Berkeley)

Part IV: The Passions of Ancient Politics Political Animals
18 Pathetic Animals: Giulia Sissa (University of California, Los Angeles)

19 Anger, Eros, and Other Political Passions in Ancient Greek Thought: Paul W. Ludwig (St John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland)

20 Some Passionate Performances in Late Republican Rome: Robert A. Kaster (Princeton University)

Part V: The Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
21 The Trial and Death of Socrates: Debra Nails (Michigan State University)

22 The Politics of Plato’s Socrates: Rachana Kamtekar (University of Arizona)

23 Freedom, Tyranny, and the Political Man: Plato’s Republic and Gorgias, a Study in Contrasts: Arlene W. Saxonhouse (University of Michigan)

24 Plato on the Sovereignty of Law: Zena Hitz (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

25 ‘‘Naturalism” in Aristotle’s Political Philosophy: Timothy Chappell (Open University)

26 The Ethics of Aristotle’s Politics: David J. Depew (University of Iowa)

Part VI Constructing Political Narrative
27 Imitating Virtue and Avoiding Vice: Ethical Functions of Biography, History, and Philosophy: Charles W. Hedrick, Jr (University of California, Santa Cruz)

28 Greek Drama and Political Thought: John Gibert (University of Colorado, Boulder)

29 Character in Politics: Philip A. Stadter (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Part VII: Antipolitics
30 Cosmopolitan Traditions: David Konstan (Brown University)

31 False Idles: The Politics of the ‘‘Quiet Life”: Eric Brown

32 Citizenship and Signs: Rethinking Augustine on the Two Cities:
Todd Breyfogle (Aspen Institute)

Part VIII: Receptions

33 Republicanism: Ancient, Medieval, and Beyond:
Christopher Nadon (Claremont McKenna College)

34 Twentieth Century Revivals of Ancient Political Thought:
Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: Catherine H. Zuckert (University of Notre Dame)

References

Index of Subjects

Index Locorum

Source : Wiley