{"product_id":"popular-tyranny-sovereignty-and-its-discontents-in-ancient-greece-paperback-softback-9780292722316","title":"Popular Tyranny; Sovereignty and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292722316","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePopular Tyranny\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSovereignty and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKathryn A. Morgan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292722316\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 August 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe book is extremely successful in guiding the reader, who is not expected to be a classicist or ancient historian, through the paradoxes of the ideology of tyranny in classical Athens. [...] On the whole, this is a very stimulating volume, offering food for thought to historians, ancient and modern, and to anybody interested in political theory as well.\u003c\/div\u003e (The Historian) \u003cdiv\u003eThis is a fascinating book, and should be an excellent stimulus for further discussion.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Hellenic Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e The nature of authority and rulership was a central concern in ancient Greece, where the figure of the king or tyrant and the sovereignty associated with him remained a powerful focus of political and philosophical debate even as Classical Athens developed the world's first democracy. This collection of essays examines the extraordinary role that the concept of tyranny played in the cultural and political imagination of Archaic and Classical Greece through the interdisciplinary perspectives provided by internationally known archaeologists, literary critics, and historians. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The book ranges historically from the Bronze and early Iron Age to the political theorists and commentators of the middle of the fourth century B.C. and generically across tragedy, comedy, historiography, and philosophy. While offering individual and sometimes differing perspectives, the essays tackle several common themes: the construction of authority and of constitutional models, the importance of religion and ritual, the crucial role of wealth, and the autonomy of the individual. Moreover, the essays with an Athenian focus shed new light on the vexed question of whether it was possible for Athenians to think of themselves as tyrannical in any way. As a whole, the collection presents a nuanced survey of how competing ideologies and desires, operating through the complex associations of the image of tyranny, struggled for predominance in ancient cities and their citizens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction (Kathryn A. Morgan) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Imaginary Kings: Alternatives to Monarchy in Early Greece (Sarah Morris) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Form and Content: The Question of Tyranny in Herodotus (Carolyn Dewald) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stick and Glue: The Function of Tyranny in Fifth-Century Athenian Democracy (Kurt A. Raaflaub) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tragic Tyranny (Richard Seaford) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e DÊ\u003cbr\u003emos Tyrannos: Wealth, Power, and Economic Patronage (Lisa Kallet) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Demos, Demagogue, Tyrant in Attic Old Comedy (Jeffrey Henderson) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Tyranny of the Audience in Plato and Isocrates (Kathryn A. Morgan) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tyrant-killing as Therapeutic Stasis: A Political Debate in Images and Texts (Josiah Ober) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Changing the Discourse (Robin Osborne) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion (Kathryn A. Morgan) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530854822168,"sku":"9780292722316","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/popular-tyranny-sovereignty-and-its-discontents-in-ancient-greece-paperback-softback-9780292722316","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}