The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles, and Ideology - Brossura

Hansen, Mogens Herman

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ISBN 10: 0806131438 ISBN 13: 9780806131436

Casa editrice: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1999

Riassunto

The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps the most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes. Hansen distinguishes between the city’s seven political institutions: the Assembly, the nomothetai, the People’s Court, the boards of magistrates, the Council of Five Hundred, the Areopagos, and ho boulomenos. He discusses how Athenians conceived liberty both as the ability to participate in the decision-making process and as the right to live without oppression from the state or other citizens.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mogens Herman Hansen is Director of the Copenhagen Polis Centre.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0806131438
• ISBN 13: 9780806131436
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 447
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile