James Kierstead
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1705853 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | James Kierstead |
| NOMBRES | James |
| APELLIDO | Kierstead |
| FIRMA | KIERSTEAD J |
| AFILIACIONES | Victoria University of Wellington |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Chapter 6 Non-Citizens in Athenian Associations
Academic Freedom in New Zealand
The Keys to Democracy
Sortition & Democracy
Perceived Freedom of Expression at New Zealand Universities
Few topics are currently as polarizing as the appropriate limits, and perceived dangers, of free speech on university campuses. A side effect of this polarized environment is that students themselves may be reluctant to speak publicly on politically sensitive topics. Indeed, recent surveys by the Heterodox Academy (HxA) revealed that a majority of American university students thought their campus was not conducive to the free expression of ideas,…
Is Protagoras’ Great Speech on Democracy
The Great Speech of Protagoras in Plato’s dialogue (Prot. 320c8–328d2) is now widely seen as an expression of democratic theory, one of the earliest substantial expressions of democratic theory on record. At the same time, there have long been (and still are) arguments to the contrary, the most formidable presentation of which is an article by Peter Nicholson that appeared in these pages in 1981. In this short piece, I address Nicholson’s skeptic…
Michels, Robert (1876–1936)
This entry gives a brief overview of the career and thought of Robert Michels, focusing particularly on his “iron law of oligarchy
Incentives and Information in Athenian Citizenship Procedures
Becoming a citizen in Athens involved being accepted by a number of small groups. Small groups were especially good at gathering information about citizens, and had strong incentives to do so. Religious, kinship, and political groups confirmed that candidates were Athenians in terms of cult, descent, and civic status. Using small groups allowed Athenians to do without a large bureaucracy, and thus to avoid an undue concentration of power and info…
The Distribution of Wealthy Athenians in the Attic Demes
An equable distribution of wealth and of access to political power is often seen as a key condition for democracy. While some scholars of classical Attica (such as Lewis and Ismard) have taken the view that resources and influence were smoothly spread, others (Osborne and Jones, for example) have claimed that there existed significant clusters of privilege. This chapter draws on a dataset on demes compiled by Ober and Teegarden from a number of s…
The Distribution of Wealthy Athenians in the Attic Demes
Democracy
Associations and Institutions in Athenian Citizenship Procedures
This passage provides invaluable evidence on the procedures pertaining to the admission of new citizens in Classical Athens. The picture that the author has given of the roles that were played by the institutions involved in these procedures is very clear: for the reader's convenience I display it in the form of a diagram in Figure 1. According to Ath. Pol. , the deme voted on whether a candidate was both of legal age and of free status; if free …
Democracy’s Humility
Hegelian readings of Antigone would have us believe that Creon and Antigone are both heroes and villains at once. In this essay, I argue that Creon is in fact the villain of the piece, and a paradigmatic tyrant. Far from representing democratic rationalism, Creon is in fact the antitype of the epistemic humility that was one of the foundational ideals of Athenian democracy. As the Ode to Man and Protagoras’ Great Speech in Plato’s dialogue both s…
The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues
Perceived Freedom of Expression at New Zealand Universities
Few topics are currently as polarizing as the appropriate limits, and perceived dangers, of free speech on university campuses. A side effect of this polarized environment is that students themselves may be reluctant to speak publicly on politically sensitive topics. Indeed, recent surveys by the Heterodox Academy (HxA) revealed that a majority of American university students thought their campus was not conducive to the free expression of ideas,…
Incentives and Information in Athenian Citizenship Procedures
Becoming a citizen in Athens involved being accepted by a number of small groups. Small groups were especially good at gathering information about citizens, and had strong incentives to do so. Religious, kinship, and political groups confirmed that candidates were Athenians in terms of cult, descent, and civic status. Using small groups allowed Athenians to do without a large bureaucracy, and thus to avoid an undue concentration of power and info…
Associations and Institutions in Athenian Citizenship Procedures
This passage provides invaluable evidence on the procedures pertaining to the admission of new citizens in Classical Athens. The picture that the author has given of the roles that were played by the institutions involved in these procedures is very clear: for the reader's convenience I display it in the form of a diagram in Figure 1. According to Ath. Pol. , the deme voted on whether a candidate was both of legal age and of free status; if free …
Democracy’s Humility
Hegelian readings of Antigone would have us believe that Creon and Antigone are both heroes and villains at once. In this essay, I argue that Creon is in fact the villain of the piece, and a paradigmatic tyrant. Far from representing democratic rationalism, Creon is in fact the antitype of the epistemic humility that was one of the foundational ideals of Athenian democracy. As the Ode to Man and Protagoras’ Great Speech in Plato’s dialogue both s…
The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues
Associations and Institutions in Athenian Citizenship Procedures
This passage provides invaluable evidence on the procedures pertaining to the admission of new citizens in Classical Athens. The picture that the author has given of the roles that were played by the institutions involved in these procedures is very clear: for the reader's convenience I display it in the form of a diagram in Figure 1. According to Ath. Pol. , the deme voted on whether a candidate was both of legal age and of free status; if free …
Democracy’s Humility
Hegelian readings of Antigone would have us believe that Creon and Antigone are both heroes and villains at once. In this essay, I argue that Creon is in fact the villain of the piece, and a paradigmatic tyrant. Far from representing democratic rationalism, Creon is in fact the antitype of the epistemic humility that was one of the foundational ideals of Athenian democracy. As the Ode to Man and Protagoras’ Great Speech in Plato’s dialogue both s…
The Distribution of Wealthy Athenians in the Attic Demes
An equable distribution of wealth and of access to political power is often seen as a key condition for democracy. While some scholars of classical Attica (such as Lewis and Ismard) have taken the view that resources and influence were smoothly spread, others (Osborne and Jones, for example) have claimed that there existed significant clusters of privilege. This chapter draws on a dataset on demes compiled by Ober and Teegarden from a number of s…
The Distribution of Wealthy Athenians in the Attic Demes
Democracy
Incentives and Information in Athenian Citizenship Procedures
Becoming a citizen in Athens involved being accepted by a number of small groups. Small groups were especially good at gathering information about citizens, and had strong incentives to do so. Religious, kinship, and political groups confirmed that candidates were Athenians in terms of cult, descent, and civic status. Using small groups allowed Athenians to do without a large bureaucracy, and thus to avoid an undue concentration of power and info…
Michels, Robert (1876–1936)
This entry gives a brief overview of the career and thought of Robert Michels, focusing particularly on his “iron law of oligarchy
Is Protagoras’ Great Speech on Democracy
The Great Speech of Protagoras in Plato’s dialogue (Prot. 320c8–328d2) is now widely seen as an expression of democratic theory, one of the earliest substantial expressions of democratic theory on record. At the same time, there have long been (and still are) arguments to the contrary, the most formidable presentation of which is an article by Peter Nicholson that appeared in these pages in 1981. In this short piece, I address Nicholson’s skeptic…
Sortition & Democracy
Perceived Freedom of Expression at New Zealand Universities
Few topics are currently as polarizing as the appropriate limits, and perceived dangers, of free speech on university campuses. A side effect of this polarized environment is that students themselves may be reluctant to speak publicly on politically sensitive topics. Indeed, recent surveys by the Heterodox Academy (HxA) revealed that a majority of American university students thought their campus was not conducive to the free expression of ideas,…
Chapter 6 Non-Citizens in Athenian Associations
Academic Freedom in New Zealand
The Keys to Democracy
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