Lane, M. S.
The birth of politics : eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter / Eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter Melissa Lane. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 381 pages : maps, charts ; 21 cm
First published in the United Kingdom as Greek and Roman political ideas ; a Pelican introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
List of figures -- List of maps -- Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose -- Chapter 1: Justice -- Chapter 2: Constitution -- Chapter 3: Democracy -- Chapter 4: Virtue -- Chapter 5: Citizenship -- Chapter 6: Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 7: Republic -- Chapter 8: Soverignty -- Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman pasts -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Athens map key -- Brief biographies of key persons, events and places -- Reference lists and abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.
[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democrary, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire...[Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today...and describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions. -- from publisher description on book jacket.
0691166471 9780691166476 9780691166476 9780691166476 (acidfree paper) 0691166471 (acidfree paper) 9780691166476 0691166471 0691166471 0691173095 9780691166476 9780691173092
99963913764
2014951472
Political science--History.--Greece
Political science--History.--Rome
Political science.
Id�ees politiques--Histoire.--Gr�ece
Id�ees politiques--Histoire.--Rome
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
JC73 / .L3 2014 JC51 / .L364 2014
320.093
The birth of politics : eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter / Eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter Melissa Lane. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 381 pages : maps, charts ; 21 cm
First published in the United Kingdom as Greek and Roman political ideas ; a Pelican introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
List of figures -- List of maps -- Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose -- Chapter 1: Justice -- Chapter 2: Constitution -- Chapter 3: Democracy -- Chapter 4: Virtue -- Chapter 5: Citizenship -- Chapter 6: Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 7: Republic -- Chapter 8: Soverignty -- Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman pasts -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Athens map key -- Brief biographies of key persons, events and places -- Reference lists and abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.
[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democrary, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire...[Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today...and describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions. -- from publisher description on book jacket.
0691166471 9780691166476 9780691166476 9780691166476 (acidfree paper) 0691166471 (acidfree paper) 9780691166476 0691166471 0691166471 0691173095 9780691166476 9780691173092
99963913764
2014951472
Political science--History.--Greece
Political science--History.--Rome
Political science.
Id�ees politiques--Histoire.--Gr�ece
Id�ees politiques--Histoire.--Rome
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
JC73 / .L3 2014 JC51 / .L364 2014
320.093