The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Salkever is Katharine Woodworth Professor of Political Science at Bryn Mawr College. He is the author of Finding the Mean: Theory and Practice in Aristotelian Political Philosophy! as well as numerous articles and chapters on ancient and modern political philosophy. His research has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Humanities Center! and he has received teaching awards from Bryn Mawr and from CASE. Klappentext A guide to the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Zusammenfassung A guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought! from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays by classicists! political scientists! and philosophers! the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they tell us about the problems of political life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Stephen Salkever; 1. Homer and political thought Dean Hammer; 2. Foundings vs. constitutions: ancient tragedy and the origins of political community Arlene W. Saxonhouse; 3. Most favored status in Herodotus and Thucydides: recasting the Athenian Tyrannicides through Solon and Pericles Norma Thompson; 4. Thucydides and political thought Gerald Mara; 5. 'This way of life, this contest': rethinking Socratic citizenship Susan Bickford; 6. The political drama of Plato's Republic David Roochnik; 7. Practical Plato Catherine H. Zuckert; 8. Reading Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as a single course of lectures: rhetoric, politics, and philosophy Stephen Salkever; 9. Lived excellence in Aristotle's Constitution of Athens: why the Encomium of Theramenes matters Jill Frank and S. Sara Monoson; 10. The virtue politics of democratic Athens Ryan K. Balot; 11. Origins of rights in ancient political thought Fred D. Miller, Jr.; 12. The emergence of natural law and the Cosmopolis Eric Brown....

Klappentext
A guide to the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans.


Zusammenfassung
A guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays by classicists, political scientists, and philosophers, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they tell us about the problems of political life.

Inhalt
Introduction Stephen Salkever; 1. Homer and political thought Dean Hammer; 2. Foundings vs. constitutions: ancient tragedy and the origins of political community Arlene W. Saxonhouse; 3. Most favored status in Herodotus and Thucydides: recasting the Athenian Tyrannicides through Solon and Pericles Norma Thompson; 4. Thucydides and political thought Gerald Mara; 5. 'This way of life, this contest': rethinking Socratic citizenship Susan Bickford; 6. The political drama of Plato's Republic David Roochnik; 7. Practical Plato Catherine H. Zuckert; 8. Reading Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as a single course of lectures: rhetoric, politics, and philosophy Stephen Salkever; 9. Lived excellence in Aristotle's Constitution of Athens: why the Encomium of Theramenes matters Jill Frank and S. Sara Monoson; 10. The virtue politics of democratic Athens Ryan K. Balot; 11. Origins of rights in ancient political thought Fred D. Miller, Jr.; 12. The emergence of natural law and the Cosmopolis Eric Brown.

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