Popular Tyranny
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-72231-6 (ISBN)
The book ranges historically from the Bronze and early Iron Age to the political theorists and commentators of the middle of the fourth century B.C. and generically across tragedy, comedy, historiography, and philosophy. While offering individual and sometimes differing perspectives, the essays tackle several common themes: the construction of authority and of constitutional models, the importance of religion and ritual, the crucial role of wealth, and the autonomy of the individual. Moreover, the essays with an Athenian focus shed new light on the vexed question of whether it was possible for Athenians to think of themselves as tyrannical in any way. As a whole, the collection presents a nuanced survey of how competing ideologies and desires, operating through the complex associations of the image of tyranny, struggled for predominance in ancient cities and their citizens.
Kathryn A. Morgan is Associate Professor of Classics at UCLA. Her previous publications include Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato.
Acknowledgments
Introduction (Kathryn A. Morgan)
Imaginary Kings: Alternatives to Monarchy in Early Greece (Sarah Morris)
Form and Content: The Question of Tyranny in Herodotus (Carolyn Dewald)
Stick and Glue: The Function of Tyranny in Fifth-Century Athenian Democracy (Kurt A. Raaflaub)
Tragic Tyranny (Richard Seaford)
Dêmos Tyrannos: Wealth, Power, and Economic Patronage (Lisa Kallet)
Demos, Demagogue, Tyrant in Attic Old Comedy (Jeffrey Henderson)
The Tyranny of the Audience in Plato and Isocrates (Kathryn A. Morgan)
Tyrant-killing as Therapeutic Stasis: A Political Debate in Images and Texts (Josiah Ober)
Changing the Discourse (Robin Osborne)
Conclusion (Kathryn A. Morgan)
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2009 |
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Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-292-72231-1 / 0292722311 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-72231-6 / 9780292722316 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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