CiNii Books - Brill's companion to the reception of Athenian democracy : from the late middle ages to the contemporary era

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- Piovan, Dino
- Giorgini, Giovanni

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Brill's companion to the reception of Athenian democracy : from the late middle ages to the contemporary era

edited by Dino Piovan and Giovanni Giorgini

（Brill's companions of philosophy, v. 7 . Ancient philosophy）

Brill, c2020

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "The first ever guide to the reception of classical Athenian democracy, Brill's Companion to the Reception of Athenian Democracy delivers a fresh and wide-ranging analysis of the uses and reinterpretations of ancient Greek democracy from the late Middle Ages to the XXI century. The book's first section explores this history from the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance in different countries (England, France, Germany, Italy, American Republic) and ages, while the second section focuses on philosophical movements such as Marxism and on contemporary philosophers such as Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault; the last section examines the reception from the perspective of current political science. The book offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to this important topic by bringing together internationally recognised scholars from a variety of disciplines, including ancient and modern historians, historians of political thought, political philosophers..."

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Description

The first ever guide to the reception of classical Athenian democracy, Brill's Companion to the Reception of Athenian Democracy delivers a fresh and wide-ranging analysis of the uses and reinterpretations of ancient Greek democracy from the late Middle Ages to the XXI century. The book's first section explores this history from the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance in different countries (England, France, Germany, Italy, American Republic) and ages, while the second section focuses on philosophical movements such as Marxism and on contemporary philosophers such as Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault; the last section examines the reception from the perspective of current political science. The book offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to this important topic by bringing together internationally recognised scholars from a variety of disciplines, including ancient and modern historians, historians of political thought, political philosophers, and political scientists.

Table of Contents

Preface John Dunn Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Dino Piovan & Giovanni Giorgini PART 1 An Introduction to Athenian Democracy and Its Reception 1 The Nature of Athenian Democracy Mogens Herman Hansen PART 2 The Reception of Athenian Democracy: Ages, Countries, Scholarship 2 Athenian Democracy in Late Middle Ages and Early Humanism Gabriele Pedulla 3 Athenian Democracy in the Italian Renaissance Gabriele Pedulla 4 Hobbes, Thucydides and Athenian Democracy Luca Iori 5 The Reception of Athenian Democracy in French Culture from the Enlightenment to the Second Empire Pascal Payen 6 Athens and the Founders of the American Republic Carl J. Richard 7 The Character of Democracy Grote's Athens and Its Legacy James Kierstead 8 German Evaluations of Athenian Democracy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Wilfried Nippel 9 Liberty Ancient and Modern in Twentieth-Century Italy Between Classical Scholarship and Political Theory Dino Piovan PART 3 Modern Philosophy in the Face of Athenian Democracy 10 What Has Marxism Got to Do with Ancient Athens? Marx and Marxist Historiography on Ancient Democracy Carlo Marcaccini 11 The Philosopher and the City Leo Strauss's Reading of Athenian Democracy Giovanni Giorgini 12 "The Political Sphere of Life, Where Speech Rules Supreme" Hannah Arendt's Imaginative Reception of Athenian Democracy Olivia Guaraldo 13 Philosophy as a Political Praxis Foucault's Use of the Classics Giovanni Leghissa PART 4 Athenian Democracy and Contemporary Political Science 14 Classical Athens as an Epistemic Democracy Josh Ober 15 Sortition and Politics From Radical to Deliberative Democracy? Yves Sintomer General Index of Names and Subjects

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