Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-515-09867-0
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 220, 165 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: Historia-Einzelschriften

Was the Athenian democracy anarchic, given to domestic violence and hence unstable, as claimed by some scholars, or was it a stable, well-ordered, social system, provided with in-built mechanisms to overcome crisis? Various aspects of this question, central to the understanding of the Athenian democracy, are investigated in this volume by a team of distinguished experts. The often surprising answers they provide should be of interest to specialists as well as laymen. The volume is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Alexander Fuks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herman, Gabriel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Herman, Gabriel
Gabriel Herman is Professor of Ancient History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He obtained his Ph.D. at Cambridge under the supervision of the late Professor M. I. Finley, whose approaches he follows. He has held visiting fellowships at Churchill College, Cambridge; the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; and the Institute for the Research in the Humanities, Madison.