Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy

Informationen zum Autor Kostas Vlassopoulos is Lecturer in Greek History at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Unthinking the Greek Polis: Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism (2007) and of several articles on politics! identity and democracy in the world of classical antiquity Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. This title shows that much can be learned about the practice of politics from a comparative discussion of the classical and the contemporary politics. Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. This title shows that much can be learned about the practice of politics from a comparative discussion of the classical and the contemporary politics. Zusammenfassung Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. This title shows that much can be learned about the practice of politics from a comparative discussion of the classical and the contemporary politics.

Product details

• Authors: Kostas Vlassopoulos
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2009
• EAN: 9781845118457
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-845-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 215 mm x 14 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book