Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Josiah Ober
yhteensä 31 hakutulosta
The Greeks and the Rational
Tracing practical reason from its origins to its modern and contemporary permutations The Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled performance of strategic thinking in …
Primates and Philosophers
Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates …
Aristotle's Politics
Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is …
The Threshold of Democracy
The Threshold of Democracy re-creates the intellectual dynamics of one of the most formative periods in Western history. In the wake of Athenian military defeat and rebellion, …
Threshold of Democracy
The Threshold of Democracy re-creates the intellectual dynamics of one of the most formative periods in Western history. In the wake of Athenian military defeat and rebellion, …
Athenian Revolution
Where did "e;democracy"e; come from, and what was its original form and meaning? Here Josiah Ober shows that this "e;power of the people"e; crystallized in a …
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah …
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens
How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C.? By interweaving intellectual history with political …
Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science
There is a long history of successful engagement between social science and classical studies. Social science has been a source of new and productive approaches to understanding …
Civic Bargain
A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive-if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans …
Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science
Although the history of engagement between social science and ancient Greek history is a long one, recent developments in economics, political science and sociology have opened …