{"product_id":"democracy-a-life-9780190866273","title":"Democracy: A Life","description":"Ancient Greece first coined the concept of democracy, yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount to\u003cbr\u003ea dictatorship of the proletariat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn ancient Greece there can be traced not only the rudiments of modern democratic society but the entire Western tradition of anti-democratic thought. In \u003cem\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Cartledge provides a detailed history of this ancient political system. In addition, by drawing out the salient differences\u003cbr\u003ebetween ancient and modern forms of democracy he enables a richer understanding of both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCartledge contends that there is no one ancient Greek democracy as pure and simple as is often believed. \u003cem\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/em\u003e surveys the emergence and development of Greek politics, the invention of political theory, and-intimately connected to the latter- the birth of democracy, first at Athens in c. 500\u003cbr\u003eBCE and then at its greatest flourishing in the Greek world 150 years later. Cartledge then traces the decline of genuinely democratic Greek institutions at the hands of the Macedonians and-subsequently and decisively-the Romans. Throughout, he sheds light on the variety of democratic practices in\u003cbr\u003ethe classical world as well as on their similarities to and dissimilarities from modern democratic forms, from the American and French revolutions to contemporary political thought. Authoritative and accessible, Cartledge's book will be regarded as the best account of ancient democracy and its long\u003cbr\u003eafterlife for many years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-55886\"\u003ePaul Cartledge\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190866273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190866276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI002000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Surveys | Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS002010\"\u003eAncient | Greece\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL007000\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Democracy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Cartledge\u003c\/strong\u003e is A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He is an honorary citizen of modern Sparta and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor awarded by the President of Greece. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGreec\u003c\/em\u003ee (Cambridge, 1997, 2002), \u003cem\u003eThe Spartans \u003c\/em\u003e(Random House, 2004), \u003cem\u003e Alexander the Great \u003c\/em\u003e(Random House, 2005)\u003cem\u003e, Thermopylae\u003c\/em\u003e (Random House, 2007), \u003cem\u003eAncient Greece \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP, 2009), and \u003cem\u003eAfter Thermopylae: The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684915253485,"sku":"9780190866273","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5c8b5127-ff32-44ff-b85c-730981e0bce8.jpg?v=1649760767","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/democracy-a-life-9780190866273","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}