What the Ancient Greeks Can Tell Us About Democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID6232999
AuthorsJosiah Ober (0000-0001-8638-4428, Stanford University, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume11
Issue1
Pages67-91
Publication date2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.112006.143750
OpenAlexW2141124916
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited155

The question of what the ancient Greeks can tell us about democracy can be answered by reference to three fields that have traditionally been pursued with little reference to one another: ancient history, classical political theory, and political science. These fields have been coming into more fruitful contact over the past 20 years, as evidenced by a spate of interdisciplinary work. Historians, political theorists, and political scientists interested in classical Greek democracy are increasingly capable of leveraging results across disciplinary lines. As a result, the classical Greek experience has more to tell us about the origins and definition of democracy, and about the relationships between participatory democracy and formal institutions, rhetoric, civic identity, political values, political criticism, war, economy, culture, and religion

Aesthetics · Ancient Greek · Criticism · Democracy · Discipline · Epistemology · Greeks · Identity (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representative democracy · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religion and Society Interactions