Nomodeiktes
Title | Nomodeiktes PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Ostwald |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | 772 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780472102976 |
Fascinating discussions of fifth-century Athens and its modern interpretation
Athletes and Artists in the Roman Empire
Title | Athletes and Artists in the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Bram Fauconnier |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 417 |
Release | 2023-02-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1009202812 |
This is the first comprehensive study of the associations of athletes and artists in the Roman empire. The xystic synod of athletes and the thymelic synod of artists were the only ancient associations that operated on a pan-Mediterranean scale. They were active from southern Gaul to Syria and Egypt and were therefore styled 'ecumenical synods'. They played a key role in Greek festival culture during the imperial period: not only did they defend the professional interests of their members, they also contributed to the organisation of competitions and the maintenance of the festival network. Due to their cultural activities, their connections with the imperial court and their ramified social networks, they left a distinctive stamp on Greco-Roman elite culture during the Principate. Drawing on all available documentation, this book offers new insights into the history and workings of these remarkable associations.
Democracy and Vision
Title | Democracy and Vision PDF eBook |
Author | Aryeh Botwinick |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 310 |
Release | 2001-07-22 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780691074665 |
American democracy faces severe challenges today, as everyday life gathers pace, national borders become increasingly porous, and commodity culture becomes more dominant. Democracy and Vision assembles a cast of prominent political theorists to consider the problems confronting political life by reviewing, assessing, and expanding on the ideas of one of the most influential political thinkers of the past forty years, Sheldon Wolin. The book consists of three sections linked by the underlying theme of Wolin's monumental effort to define ''the political'' and the conditions of democratic life. In the first, Nicholas Xenos, George Kateb, Fred Dallmayr, and Charles Taylor focus, in particular, on whether mass political participation, sustainable in times of upheaval as what Wolin aptly termed ''fugitive democracy,'' can be buoyed by political institutions during periods of stability. In the second section, Wendy Brown, Aryeh Botwinick, Melissa A. Orlie, and Anne Norton examine the relevance of Wolin's ideas to current debates about, for example, social diversity and the commercialization of culture. In the last, Stephen K. White, Kirstie M. McClure, Michael J. Shapiro, and J. Peter Euben address globalization and temporality in relation to Wolin's narrative of decline, asking, among other things, whether citizenship today must incorporate a cosmopolitan dimension. These essays--and an introduction by William Connolly that lucidly outlines Wolin's thought and the deep uncertainty about political theory in the 1960s that did much to inspire his work--offer unprecedented insights into Wolin's lament that modernity has meant the loss of the political.
Excursions in Epichoric History
Title | Excursions in Epichoric History PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas J. Figueira |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780847677924 |
In a test case for the study of epichoric Greek history (that not centered on Athens and Sparta), Thomas Figueira deploys a range of disciplinary methodologies to explore the political history of the ancient island city-state of Aigina, down to the Roman conquest of Greece. Excursions in Epichoric History combines previously published articles, revised and updated, and new essays to provide a set of alternative perspectives on the course of Greek foreign policy and institutional history.
Hellenistic Constructs
Title | Hellenistic Constructs PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Cartledge |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 348 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520206762 |
The Hellenistic period (approximately the last three centuries B.C.), with its cultural complexities and enduring legacies, retains a lasting fascination today. Reflecting the vigor and productivity of scholarship directed at this period in the past decade, this collection of original essays is a wide-ranging exploration of current discoveries and questions. The twelve essays emphasize the cultural interaction of Greek and non-Greek societies in the Hellenistic period, in contrast to more conventional focuses on politics, society, or economy. The result of original research by some of the leading scholars in Hellenistic history and culture, this volume is an exemplary illustration of the cultural richness of this period. Paul Cartledge's introduction contains an illuminating introductory overview of current trends in Hellenistic scholarship. The essays themselves range over broad questions of comparative historiography, literature, religion, and the roles of Athens, Rome, and the Jews within the context of the Hellenistic world. The volume is dedicated to Frank Walbank and includes an updated bibliography of his work which has been essential to our understanding of the Hellenistic period.
Erotikon
Title | Erotikon PDF eBook |
Author | Shadi Bartsch |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 346 |
Release | 2006-11-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0226038394 |
'Erotikon' brings together leading contemporary intellectuals from a variety of fields for an expansive debate on the full meaning of eros. Restricted neither by historical period nor by genre, these contributions explore manifestations or eros throughout Western culture.
The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought
Title | The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Rowe |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 784 |
Release | 2000-05-11 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521481366 |
A definitive reference work on Greek and Roman political thought from the age of Homer to late antiquity, first published in 2000.