The Greek polis and the invention of democracy : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations

 Content: Introduction / Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner --
 Part I. The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective --
 Exploring the Greek Needle's Eye : Civilizational and Political Transformations / Johann P. Arnason --
 Transformations of Democracy : Towards a History of Political Thought and Practice in Long-term Perspective / Peter Wagner --
 Part II. Ways of Polis-making : Grasping the Novelty of the Political --
 To Act with Good Advice : Greek Tragedy and the Democratic Political Sphere / Egon Flaig --
 Democracy and Dissent : The Case of Comedy / Lucio Bertelli --
 Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-century Greece / Jonas Grethlein --
 Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens / Harvey Yunis --
 Law and Democracy in Classical Athens / Adriaan Lanni --
 Democracy and Political Philosophy : Influences, Tensions, Rapprochement / Ryan Balot --
 Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens / Elizabeth Meyer --
 Part III. Changing a Way of Life : Democracy's Impact on polis-Society --
 The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life / Sara Forsdyke --
 The Participation of the demos in Decision-Making : Principles and Reality / Claude Mossé --
 Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece / Robin Osborne --
 Democracy and War / Lawrence A. Tritle --
 Part IV. Political Concepts and Commitments --
 Perfecting the Political Creature (z?ion politikon) : Equality and "the Political" in the Evolution of Greek Democracy / Kurt A. Raaflaub --
 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of the Greek polis / Tracy Strong --
 The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients / Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner.