Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy by Arnason, Johann P. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover The Ancient World: Comparative Histories Title page Copyright page Series Editor’s Preface

The Ancient World: Comparative Histories

Contributors Introduction

Acknowledgments

PART I: The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective

1 Exploring the Greek Needle’s Eye:

Intercivilizational Connections Aspects of the Polis Cultural Extensions of the Political Between Monarchy and Community The Transformation of the Political: with Meier against Meier Politics and the Political Religion and the Political Greece in the Axial World

2 Transformations of Democracy:

PART II: Ways of Polis-making: Grasping the Novelty of the Political

3 To Act with Good Advice:

The “Political Sphere,” the Risk of Acting, and Tragedy Origin and Political Function of Tragedy Acting Too Quickly Ill-advised Action: Creon and Oedipus The Riddle and the Oracle Antigone and Orestes: Personal Autonomy, the Climax of Aboulia, and the Recognition of Human Fallibility No Certainty Anywhere: The Fragility of euboulia Abbreviation

4 Democracy and Dissent: the Case of Comedy

Freedom of the Ancients and Freedom of the Moderns Comedy and the “Company of Athenian Critics” of Democracy Criticism of Democracy on Stage: from Cratinus to Aristophanes A Closer Look at Aristophanes Conclusion Abbreviations

5 Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-century Greece

I II III Abbreviations

6 Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens

Rhetoric and Politics in Democratic Athens(Fifth to Fourth Century BCE) Rhetoric of Crisis Rhetoric of Democratic Characterization Literary Rhetoric and New Perspectives on Politics Conclusion

7 Law and Democracy in Classical Athens

Amateurism and the Athenian Legal System The Athenian Popular Courts and Public Order

8 Democracy and Political Philosophy:

9 Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens

Athenian History and Athenian Inscribing to 480 BCE Athens and Athenian Inscribing from 480 to 403 Athens in the Fourth Century Abbreviations

PART III: Changing a Way of Life: Democracy’s Impact on Polis Society

10 The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life

I II III IV V VI VII Abbreviations

11 The Demos’s Participation in Decision-making: Principles and Realities

Acknowledgment

12 Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece

I II III IV V VI Acknowledgment Abbreviations

13 Democracy and War

A Clash of Democrats and Kings, Part I Democratic Generals Democratic Decisions About War War-time Economies Casualties of War War as Stressor A Clash of Democrats and Kings, Part II Wartime Democracy, Part I: Democratic Corcyra and Civil War Wartime Democracy, Part II: Athens vs. Syracuse Democracy and War: Some Conclusions

PART IV: Political Concepts and Commitments

Egalitarian Elements in Early Greek Society The Political in Early Greece Transformations Equality and the Political in Late Fifth-century Democracy: the Politicized Citizen Interpretations Conclusion Abbreviations Acknowledgments

15 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche’s Understanding of the Greek Polis

What is the Problem with Tyranny? Abbreviations

16 The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients

Freedom of the Polis and in the Polis The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients Freedom Beyond Contract and Exchange

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