Ebook: Greek Political Thought

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: How to Do Greek Political Thought; 2 Archaic Greece and the Centrality of Justice; 3 Democratic Political Thinking at Athens; 4 Criticizing Democracy in Late Fifth-Century Athens; 5 Imperialism; 6 Fourth-CCentury Revisions; 7 Aristotle's Political Thought; 8 Hellenistic Political Thought; 9 Epilogue: The Question of Politics; Bibliographic Essay; Notes; Index.;While ancient Greek thought is widely acknowledged as the major source of political ideals such as freedom and equality, ancient Greek practices including slavery, the subordination of women, and imperialism have been condemned as undemocratic and immoral. So is ancient Greek political thought still relevant today? In this provocative and wide-ranging history, Ryan Balot shows what ancient Greek political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. Balot centers his discussion on Plato and Aristotle, the great political philosophers, but also considers an array of poetic, histori.