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  • The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

    by Josiah Ober ...
    Series series The Princeton History of the Ancient World
    A major new history of classical Greece—how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from itLord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Democracy and Knowledge

    Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens

    by Josiah Ober ...
    When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance today as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. Democracy and Knowledge is the first book to look to ancient Athens to explain how and why directly democratic government by the people produces wealth, power, and security.Combining a history of Athens ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • The Athenian Revolution

    Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

    by Josiah Ober ...
    Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? Here Josiah Ober shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 B.C. He then examines the consequences of the development of direct democracy for upper-and lower-class citizens, for dissident Athenian intellectuals, and for those who were denied ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Demopolis

    Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice

    by Josiah Ober ...
    Series series The Seeley Lectures
    What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as collective and limited self-government by citizens. That, rather than majority tyranny, is what democracy meant in ancient Athens, before liberalism. Participatory self-government is the basis of political practice in ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • The Greeks and the Rational

    The Discovery of Practical Reason

    by Josiah Ober ...
    Series Book 76 - Sather Classical Lectures
    Tracing practical reason from its origins to its modern and contemporary permutationsThe Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled performance of strategic thinking in public and private affairs, was an intellectual breakthrough that remains both a feature of and a bug in our modern world. Countering arguments that rational choice-making is a contingent product of modernity, The Greeks ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens

    Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People

    by Josiah Ober ...
    This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenian "constitution," he ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • The Civic Bargain

    How Democracy Survives

    by Brook Manville, Josiah Ober ...
    A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their country’s system of governance is being “tested” or is “under attack.” But is the future of democracy necessarily so dire? In The Civic Bargain, Brook Manville and Josiah Ober push back against the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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    The Civic Bargain

    How Democracy Survives

    by Brook Manville, Josiah Ober ...
    Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their country's system of governance is being "tested" or is "under attack." But is the future of democracy necessarily so dire? In The Civic Bargain, Brook Manville and Josiah Ober push back against the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Threshold of Democracy

    Athens in 403 BCE

    by Josiah Ober, Naomi J. Norman, Mark C. Carnes ...
    Series series Reacting to the Past™
    The Threshold of Democracy re-creates the intellectual dynamics of one of the most formative periods in Western history. In the wake of Athenian military defeat and rebellion, advocates of democracy have reopened the Assembly, but stability remains elusive. As members of the Assembly, players must contend with divisive issues like citizenship, elections, remilitarization, and dissent. Foremost ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Aristotle's Politics

    Critical Essays

    by Jonathan Barnes, John M. Cooper, Dorothea Frede, Stephen Taylor Holmes, David Keyt, Fred D. Miller Jr., Josiah Ober, Stephen G. Salkever, Malcolm Schofield, Jeremy Waldron ...
    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address, ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved

    How Morality Evolved

    by Frans de Waal ...
    Series series Princeton Science Library
    "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality.In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our "selfish" ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Demokratia

    A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern

    Edited by Josiah Ober, Charles Hedrick ...
    This book is the result of a long and fruitful conversation among practitioners of two very different fields: ancient history and political theory. The topic of the conversation is classical Greek democracy and its contemporary relevance. The nineteen contributors remain diverse in their political commitments and in their analytic approaches, but all have engaged deeply with Greek texts, with ... Read more

    $61.19 USD