Ryan K. Balot is Associate Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis. He specializes in Greek history and political thought, and is the author of Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens (2001).
Book Description
While ancient Greek thought is widely acknowledged as the major source of political ideals such as freedom and equality, ancient Greek practices including slavery, the subordination of women, and imperialism have been condemned as undemocratic and immoral. So is ancient Greek political thought still relevant today? In this provocative and wide-ranging history, Ryan Balot shows what ancient Greek political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century.Balot centers his discussion on Plato and Aristotle, the great political philosophers, but also considers an array of poetic, historical, and philosophical texts in an effort to locate ancient Greek political thought in its cultural context. His account shows both how the political thought of Greece developed over time and how the characteristic Greek interest in political virtue can still shape our thinking about politics today.
Review
"Balot has provided students with a carefully cleared path through several centuries of thought about Greek politics." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Balot's historical and narrative approach has the huge merit of combining ancient context and modern relevance. Balot eavesdrops on Plato, Aristotle and their forerunners and successors to bring us the hot political news. His lively brand of 'virtue politics' should instruct the advanced undergraduate and graduate student audience at which it is aimed, as well as refresh the parts of the established academy that drier scholarship cannot reach. Written in an easy and attractive style, Greek Political Thought promises to stimulate a vivacious dialogue between ancient and modern political concerns." --Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge
"This is a remarkable book, a work of exceptional erudition and insight. It supplies a much needed survey of Greek political thought, but it is considerably more than an accessible and trustworthy guide to the territory. Balot presents himself not as an antiquarian chronicler but as an active interpreter, setting out the debates among the texts of the Greek tradition as new resources for thinking about the ethics and politics of our own time. Often controversial, but always scrupulous, Greek Political Thought will be of great value to serious students at every level." --Stephen Salkever, Bryn Mawr College
發表於2024-11-23
Greek Political Thought 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
本書作者通書都在強調並呼籲著古代人的政治智慧能夠讓當代人政治乃至生活煥發新活力(rejuvenate )。尤其是古代人對政治的積極參與和當代人對政治的冷漠間對比最能激發作者的感慨和呼籲。當然作者之所以希望能以古代的智慧和感情來刺激當代人的參與度,在於古人政治理想--社會...
評分本書作者通書都在強調並呼籲著古代人的政治智慧能夠讓當代人政治乃至生活煥發新活力(rejuvenate )。尤其是古代人對政治的積極參與和當代人對政治的冷漠間對比最能激發作者的感慨和呼籲。當然作者之所以希望能以古代的智慧和感情來刺激當代人的參與度,在於古人政治理想--社會...
評分本書作者通書都在強調並呼籲著古代人的政治智慧能夠讓當代人政治乃至生活煥發新活力(rejuvenate )。尤其是古代人對政治的積極參與和當代人對政治的冷漠間對比最能激發作者的感慨和呼籲。當然作者之所以希望能以古代的智慧和感情來刺激當代人的參與度,在於古人政治理想--社會...
評分本書作者通書都在強調並呼籲著古代人的政治智慧能夠讓當代人政治乃至生活煥發新活力(rejuvenate )。尤其是古代人對政治的積極參與和當代人對政治的冷漠間對比最能激發作者的感慨和呼籲。當然作者之所以希望能以古代的智慧和感情來刺激當代人的參與度,在於古人政治理想--社會...
評分本書作者通書都在強調並呼籲著古代人的政治智慧能夠讓當代人政治乃至生活煥發新活力(rejuvenate )。尤其是古代人對政治的積極參與和當代人對政治的冷漠間對比最能激發作者的感慨和呼籲。當然作者之所以希望能以古代的智慧和感情來刺激當代人的參與度,在於古人政治理想--社會...
圖書標籤: 政治哲學 古希臘 政治思想史 城邦政治 柏拉圖 政治學 亞裏士多德
Greek Political Thought 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載