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Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece by Kurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, and Robert W. Wallace; with chapters by Paul Cartledge and Cynthia Farrar is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece about?

This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy "invented" or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and "people's power." They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general reader

Who reads Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece?

Author

Kurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, and Robert W. Wallace; with chapters by Paul Cartledge and Cynthia Farrar

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520258099

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Ancient History