Josiah Ober
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Josiah Ober
Athenian Legacies
Using classical Athens as its case study, this book argues that if a democratic community is to survive over time, its people must choose to go on together.
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The Athenian Revolution
Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? The author shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 BC.
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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor.
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Josiah (Stanford University, California) Ober
Demopolis
What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as collective and limited self-government by citizens.
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