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Republics Ancient & Modern, Vol. 1: The Ancien Régime in Classical Greece
Paul A. Rahe
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Paperback. Republics Ancient and Modern, Volume I: The Ancien Regime in Classical Greece" Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom. ""In a series of sketches touching on everything from the lust for honor to the suspicion of commerce and philosophy, from the role of homoerotic bonds in maintaining military formations to the distrust of technological innovation, Rahe brilliantly reminds us how utterly committed the Greeks were to a politics in which the distribution of honors, education and culture in all their forms, and economic activity were all designed to preserve civic solidarity.""--Jack N. Rakove, American Historical Review ""[An] ... Read more
An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom. ""In a series of sketches touching on everything from the lust for honor to the suspicion of commerce and philosophy, from the role of homoerotic bonds in maintaining military formations to the distrust of technological innovation, Rahe brilliantly reminds us how utterly committed the Greeks were to a politics in which the distribution of honors, education and culture in all their forms, and economic activity were all designed to preserve civic solidarity.""--Jack N. Rakove, American Historical Review ""[An] ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807844731
SKU
V9780807844731
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About Paul A. Rahe
Paul A. Rahe is professor of history at the University of Tulsa.
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