A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought

Content: Cover
 Series page
 Title page
 Copyright page
 Dedication
 Notes on Contributors
 Acknowledgments
 Note on Translations
 Abbreviations
 PART I: The Broad View
 CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought
 Ancient Greek and Roman Distinctiveness
 Ancient and Modern
 Particular and General
 Politics, Ethics, Citizenship
 Supplementing Contemporary Theory
 Significant Editorial Choices
 The Provocation to Self-Criticism
 Conclusion
 CHAPTER 2: What is Politics in the Ancient World?
 Politics as Formalized Institutions. Group Politics: Prosopography, Social Power, and Social HistoryPolitics as the Site of Class Relations
 Politics and Legitimate Domination
 Politics as Inscribed Relations of Power: From Structure to Poststructure
 Politics as Cultural Performance
 Ancient Politics as Reflection
 CHAPTER 3: Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context
 "Influence": Thoughts on Methodology
 Distorted Greek Views of Cultural Imports: Importing Egyptian Laws
 Greek and Near Eastern Laws, "Law Codes," and Monumental Inscriptions with Legal Texts
 Near Eastern Origins of Greek Political Values? ConclusionCHAPTER 4: Civic Ideology and Citizenship
 CHAPTER 5: Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek Political Theory
 Public Action: Incentives, Nature, and Knowledge
 Incentive Problems in Greek Literature
 Herodotus on Utilities and Knowledge Aggregation
 Thucydides on Innovation and Learning
 Plato on Rational Choice in the Ideal State
 CHAPTER 6: Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes in Classical Athens and Republican Rome
 Problematic Analytical Terms: "Imperialism" and "Citizenship"
 Citizenship Myths and Historical Realities of Imperial Expansion. Citizenship Myths at Work in Athens and RomeConclusion
 CHAPTER 7: Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi
 Gender in Theory
 Gender in Practice
 Rights, Habits, and Bodies
 Manly Men
 The Gender of Politics
 The Rhetoric of Gender
 Conclusion, or the Hair-and-Clothes Issue
 CHAPTER 8: The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought
 Theology
 Cult Practice
 PART II: Democracies and Republics
 CHAPTER 9: Democracy Ancient and Modern
 Introduction
 Democratic Values
 Democratic Institutions
 The Practices of Democracy. Ancient and Modern Democratic Practice and Institutions ComparedWhat Is the Use of Studying Ancient Democracy?
 CHAPTER 10: "Rights," Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece
 CHAPTER 11: Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States
 CHAPTER 12: The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought
 Plato
 Aristotle
 Polybius
 The Mixed Constitution in Retrospect and Prospect
 CHAPTER 13: Republican Virtues
 Epilogue
 CHAPTER 14: Roman Democracy?
 PART III: The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule
 CHAPTER 15: The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny.