First Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Paul Woodruff is Darrel K. Royal Professor in Ethics and American Society and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of the popular book Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue. Klappentext This brilliant analysis of the nature of democracy draws on the hard-earned lessons of the ancient Greeks. Zusammenfassung Paperback edition of a brief, elegant introduction to the roots of one of our most cherished institutions: government for and by the people.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Woodruff, Woodruff Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2006
• EAN: 9780195304541
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530454-1
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 177 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Demokratie, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General & world history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy