Cynthia Farrar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3952398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia Farrar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia |
| FAMILY NAME | Farrar |
| SIGNATURE | FARRAR C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The Athenians invented democracy – and as they grappled with the implications, they also invented democratic political theory. By reconstruing Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democritus the cosmologist in the context of political developments and contemporary scientific, literary, and philosophical works, Cynthia Farrar's seminal study reveals the emergence of a distinctive and still cogent understanding of democratic order.…
Putting history in its place
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Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy
This is the first exploration of how ideas of politeia (constitution) structure both political and extra-political relations throughout the entirety of Greek and Roman philosophy, ranging from Presocratic to classical, Hellenistic, and Neoplatonic thought. A highly distinguished international team of scholars investigate topics such as the Athenian, Spartan and Platonic visions of politeia, the reshaping of Greek and Latin vocabularies of politic…
Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects
Using data from a randomized field experiment within a Deliberative Poll, this paper examines deliberation’s effects on both policy attitudes and the extent to which ordinal rankings of policy options approach single-peakedness (a help in avoiding cyclical majorities). The setting was New Haven, Connecticut, and its surrounding towns; the issues were airport expansion and revenue sharing – the former highly salient, the latter not at all. Half th…
Does Discussion Group Composition Affect Policy Preferences? Results from Three Randomized Experiments
We report the results of three randomized experiments designed to assess whether participants' political attitudes are affected by the prediscussion opinions of their discussion mates. The experiments took place during three multisite Deliberative Polls in 2004 and 2005. Participants discussed current political issues within 330 groups of approximately 10 people each. Because the composition of the groups was determined randomly within each locat…
Origins of Democratic Thinking
Power to the People
One of the allures of studying the ancient Athenians is that everyone has relatively easy access to the limited number of literary and epigraphic sources. Arguments about the interpretation and implications of the evidence thus appear in sharp relief. Each commentator's choice of a period and context in which to locate the emergence of democracy reflects the salience he attributes to particular elements of governance. For Robert Wallace, the key …
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The ancient Greeks invented democracy. They also invented political theory. This book seeks to show that these were not unrelated achievements. The development of political theory accompanied the growth of democracy at Athens in the fifth century BC. By analysing the writings of Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democritus the cosmologist in the context of political developments and speculation about the universe, Dr Farrar re…
Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects
Using data from a randomized field experiment within a Deliberative Poll, this paper examines deliberation’s effects on both policy attitudes and the extent to which ordinal rankings of policy options approach single-peakedness (a help in avoiding cyclical majorities). The setting was New Haven, Connecticut, and its surrounding towns; the issues were airport expansion and revenue sharing – the former highly salient, the latter not at all. Half th…
Does Discussion Group Composition Affect Policy Preferences? Results from Three Randomized Experiments
We report the results of three randomized experiments designed to assess whether participants' political attitudes are affected by the prediscussion opinions of their discussion mates. The experiments took place during three multisite Deliberative Polls in 2004 and 2005. Participants discussed current political issues within 330 groups of approximately 10 people each. Because the composition of the groups was determined randomly within each locat…
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The ancient Greeks invented democracy. They also invented political theory. This book seeks to show that these were not unrelated achievements. The development of political theory accompanied the growth of democracy at Athens in the fifth century BC. By analysing the writings of Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democritus the cosmologist in the context of political developments and speculation about the universe, Dr Farrar re…
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
Power to the People
One of the allures of studying the ancient Athenians is that everyone has relatively easy access to the limited number of literary and epigraphic sources. Arguments about the interpretation and implications of the evidence thus appear in sharp relief. Each commentator's choice of a period and context in which to locate the emergence of democracy reflects the salience he attributes to particular elements of governance. For Robert Wallace, the key …
Does Discussion Group Composition Affect Policy Preferences? Results from Three Randomized Experiments
We report the results of three randomized experiments designed to assess whether participants' political attitudes are affected by the prediscussion opinions of their discussion mates. The experiments took place during three multisite Deliberative Polls in 2004 and 2005. Participants discussed current political issues within 330 groups of approximately 10 people each. Because the composition of the groups was determined randomly within each locat…
Origins of Democratic Thinking
Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects
Using data from a randomized field experiment within a Deliberative Poll, this paper examines deliberation’s effects on both policy attitudes and the extent to which ordinal rankings of policy options approach single-peakedness (a help in avoiding cyclical majorities). The setting was New Haven, Connecticut, and its surrounding towns; the issues were airport expansion and revenue sharing – the former highly salient, the latter not at all. Half th…
Putting history in its place
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy
This is the first exploration of how ideas of politeia (constitution) structure both political and extra-political relations throughout the entirety of Greek and Roman philosophy, ranging from Presocratic to classical, Hellenistic, and Neoplatonic thought. A highly distinguished international team of scholars investigate topics such as the Athenian, Spartan and Platonic visions of politeia, the reshaping of Greek and Latin vocabularies of politic…
The Origins of Democratic Thinking
The Athenians invented democracy – and as they grappled with the implications, they also invented democratic political theory. By reconstruing Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democritus the cosmologist in the context of political developments and contemporary scientific, literary, and philosophical works, Cynthia Farrar's seminal study reveals the emergence of a distinctive and still cogent understanding of democratic order.…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · History (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (5 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Context (archaeology) (3 works)