The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter - Paperback
by Melissa Lane
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691173092ISBN-10:691173095UPC:9780691173092Book Category:Philosophy, Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political, History & Theory, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:7.90 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC7C29QYAS
The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter
A lively and accessible introduction to the Greek and Roman origins of our political ideas
In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of our political concepts from Socrates to Plutarch to...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691173092ISBN-10:691173095UPC:9780691173092Book Category:Philosophy, Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political, History & Theory, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:7.90 x 5.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC7C29QYAS
Melissa Lane is the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics and a faculty member of the Program in Classical Philosophy at Princeton University. She is also the 50th Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College. Her books include Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living (Princeton) and Method and Politics in Plato's "Statesman."
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