Roman political thought and the modern theoretical imagination / Dean Hammer.
Roman political thought and the modern theoretical imagination / Dean Hammer.
Roman political thought and the modern theoretical imagination / Dean Hammer.
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Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
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N320.09223/1
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English
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xiii, 358 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
The Romans in political thought -- Cicero, Arendt, and the cultivation of the political world : reading the Tusculan disputations politically -- Livy, Machiavelli, and the recovery of felt meanings -- Tacitus, Montesquieu, and the malady of despotism -- Seneca and Foucault : restoring the jurisdicti...
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Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
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Oklahoma
Date Published
c2008.
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"Brimming with fresh interpretations of both ancient and modern theorists, this book offers provocative reading for classicists, political scientists, and anyone interested in political theory and philosophy. It is also a timely meditation on the hidden ways in which democracy can give way to despotism when the animating spirit of politics succumbs...
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Roman political thought and the modern theoretical imagination / Dean Hammer.
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Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 34.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-337) and index.
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c2008.
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N320.09223/1
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74VM4ooRb7vO
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9780806139272 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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320.092237
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991001500249702626
