书名: Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought
作者: Jennifer Tolbert Roberts (Author)
出版社: Princeton University Press (March 21, 1994)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0691056978
ISBN-13: 978-0691056975
Book Description
The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book, Jennifer Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Roberts has given us an excellent study of [the Athenian] legacy.... Athens on Trial deserves praise both for its conception and its execution." -- Eric W. Robinson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"A firstrate intellectual and cultural history." -- Scientific American
"Roberts ... writes with learning, wit, acerbity, profundity, and engagement on the vicissitudes of the idea [of democracy] in its supposedly original Athenian form." -- The New Yorker
"Roberts (history, Southern Methodist Univ.) traces the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought from antiquity to the present, locating its origin in reactions to Athenian democracy. Fully cognizant of the difficulties attendant upon getting a true and accurate picture of any period in history--difficulties that become more onerous the further back one peers--she succeeds in convincing the reader of her thesis through the impressive, almost breathtaking wealth of detail she supplies for each period. Her knowledge is both wide and deep, touching on questions 'not only of historiography, but also of ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory.' This study belongs in all pertinent academic collections." -- Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt. Lib., Washington, Library Journal
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作者: Jennifer Tolbert Roberts (Author)
出版社: Princeton University Press (March 21, 1994)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0691056978
ISBN-13: 978-0691056975
Book Description
The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book, Jennifer Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Roberts has given us an excellent study of [the Athenian] legacy.... Athens on Trial deserves praise both for its conception and its execution." -- Eric W. Robinson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"A firstrate intellectual and cultural history." -- Scientific American
"Roberts ... writes with learning, wit, acerbity, profundity, and engagement on the vicissitudes of the idea [of democracy] in its supposedly original Athenian form." -- The New Yorker
"Roberts (history, Southern Methodist Univ.) traces the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought from antiquity to the present, locating its origin in reactions to Athenian democracy. Fully cognizant of the difficulties attendant upon getting a true and accurate picture of any period in history--difficulties that become more onerous the further back one peers--she succeeds in convincing the reader of her thesis through the impressive, almost breathtaking wealth of detail she supplies for each period. Her knowledge is both wide and deep, touching on questions 'not only of historiography, but also of ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory.' This study belongs in all pertinent academic collections." -- Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt. Lib., Washington, Library Journal
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