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The Greek Discovery of Politics (Hardcover)
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The Greek Discovery of Politics (Hardcover)
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Why the Greeks? How did it happen that these people-out of all
Mediterranean societies-developed democratic systems of government?
The outstanding German historian of the ancient world, Christian
Meier, reconstructs the process of political thinking in Greek
culture that led to democracy. He demonstrates that the civic
identity of the Athenians was a direct precondition for the
practical reality of this form of government. Meier shows how the
structure of Greek communal life gave individuals a civic role and
discusses a crucial reform that institutionalized the idea of
equality before the law. In Greek drama-specifically Aeschylus'
Oresteia-he finds reflections of the ascendancy of civil law and of
a politicizing of life in the city-state. He examines the role of
the leader as well as citizen participation in Athenian democracy
and describes an ancient equivalent of the idea of social progress.
He also contrasts the fifth-century Greek political world with
today's world, drawing revealing comparisons. The Greek Discovery
of Politics is important reading for ancient historians,
classicists, political scientists, and anyone interested in the
history of political thought or in the culture of ancient Greece.
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