Death to tyrants! ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey ;Oxfordshire, England
Princeton University Press
2014
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1043 DE-1046 DE-858 DE-Aug4 DE-859 DE-860 DE-473 DE-739 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to ""kill a tyrant."" David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threat |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (278 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400848539 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781400848539 |