Ober Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2271-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten

Reihe: Martin Classical Lectures

OberJosiah:

Josiah Ober is the David Magie Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classics at Princeton University. His books include The Athenian Revolution, Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens, and Demokratia (edited with Charles Hedrick). All three books are available from Princeton.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ober, Josiah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction 3

Ch. 1 The Problem of Dissent: Criticism as Contest 14

Ch. 2 Public Speech and Brute Fact: Thucydides 52

Ch. 3 Essence and Enactment: Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 122

Ch. 4 Justice, Knowledge, Power: Plato Apology, Crito, Gorgias, Republic 156

Ch. 5 Eloquence, Leadership, Memory: Isocrates Antidosis and Areopagiticus 248

Ch. 6 Political Animals, Actual Citizens, and the Best Possible Polis: Aristotle Politics 290

Ch. 7 The Dialectics of Dissent: Criticism as Dialogue 352

Bibliography 375

Index Locorum 403

General Index 409

Über Autor(innen)

Josiah Ober is the David Magie Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classics at Princeton University. His books include The Athenian Revolution, Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens, and Demokratia (edited with Charles Hedrick). All three books are available from Princeton.