The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy - (Ancient World: Comparative Histories) by John Ed Arnason & Raaflaub & Wagner (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy</i> presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks' path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek <i>polis</i> as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries.</p> <ul> <li>Presents an original combination of a close synchronic and long diachronic examination of the Greek <i>polis -</i> city-states that gave rise to the first democratic system of government</li> <li>Offers a detailed study of the close interactionbetween democracy, society, and the arts in ancient Greece</li> <li>Places the invention of democracy in fifth-century bce Athens both in its broad social and cultural context and in the context of the re-emergence of democracy in the modern world</li> <li>Reveals the role Greek democracy played in the political and intellectual traditions that shaped modern democracy, and in the debates about democracy in modern social, political, and philosophical thought</li> <li>Written collaboratively by an international team of leading scholars in classics, ancient history, sociology, and political science</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>One of the hallmarks of Greek civilization was the <i>polis</i>--city-states that gave rise to the first democratic system of government. But was the <i>polis</i> of ancient Athens really the birthplace of what we now view as modern democracy? <i>The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy</i> presents a comprehensive series of essays that trace the Greeks' path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek <i>polis</i> as a citizen state and democracy from a comparative historical perspective, and with reference to recent debates on the Axial Age and its impact on world history.</p> <p>Written collaboratively by an international team of leading scholars in classics, ancient history, sociology, and political science, essays address the interaction between democracy and forms of cultural expression in Athens during the classical period, the place and role of politics in the ancient Greek world, and the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries. Scholarly and thought-provoking, <i>The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy</i> offers illuminating insights into our links to the past while revealing ways that the concept of ancient Greek democracy has shaped--or not shaped--modern democracy.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Johann P. Arnason</b> is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne and visiting professor at the Charles University in Prague. His previous works include <i>Domains and Divisions of European History </i>(with N. Doyle, 2010), <i>The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives </i>(with K. Raaflaub, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), and <i>Nordic Paths to Modernity </i>(with B. Wittrock, 2012).</p> <p><b>Kurt A. Raaflaub</b> is the David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History Emeritus at Brown University. His previous works include <i>Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies </i>(with R. J. A. Talbert, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), <i>Epic and History </i>(with D. Konstan, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and <i>The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives </i>(with J. Arnason, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).</p> <p><b>Peter Wagner</b> is ICREA Research Professor of Sociological Theory, Philosophy of Law, and Methodology of the Social Sciences, at the University of Barcelona. His previous works include <i>Theorizing Modernity: Inescapability and Attainability in Social Theory </i>(2001), <i>Modernity as Experience and Interpretation</i> (2008), and <i>Modernity: Understanding the Present </i>(2012).</p>
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