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The Greek Polis and the invention of democracy : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations

By Peter , Arnason , Johann P(editor); Raaflaub , Kurt A(Editor); Wagner

Book information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2013
ISBN
9781118561768, 1118561767
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
902 kB (923384 bytes)
Series
Ancient world--comparative histories
Pages
594\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C.;G

Description

Overview: The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks’ path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis 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.

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