An edition of The birth of politics
(2014)
The birth of politics
eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter
by M. S. Lane
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"[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.
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The birth of politics: eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter
2014, Princeton University Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose
Justice
Constitution
Democracy
Virtue
Citizenship
Cosmopolitanism
Republic
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.
Edition Notes
"First published in the United Kingdom as Greek and Roman political ideas"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
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