Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science

ISBN-13: 9781474421775 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 608 str.

Mirko Canevaro; Andrew Erskine; Benjamin Gray

Opis

Defines the cutting-edge of scholarship on ancient Greek history employing methods of social science

Spis treści

List of Contributors; Introduction; Section I: Theory and Method; 1. Behavioural Economics and Economic Behaviour in Classical Athens, David Lewis; 2. The City in Chorus: For a Choral History of Athenian Society, Vincent Azoulay and Paulin Ismard; 3. Approaching the Hellenistic Polis through Modern Political Theory: the Public Sphere, Pluralism and Prosperity, Benjamin Gray; Section II: Institutions; 4. Majority Rule vs. Consensus: the practice of democratic deliberation in the Greek poleis, Mirko Canevaro; 5. Rethinking Mass and Elite: Decision-Making in the Athenian Law-Courts, Federica Carugati and Barry R. Weingast; 6. Ancient and Modern Conceptions of the Rule of Law, Sara Forsdyke; 7. What can Data drawn from the Hansen-Nielsen Inventory tell us about Political Transitions in Ancient Greece?, Robert K. Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen; Section III: Behaviour; 8. Patronage in Ancient Sparta, Ingvar B. Mæhle; 9. Understanding the politics of Pericles around 450 BCE: the benefits of an economic perspective, Carl Hampus Lyttkens and Henrik Gerding; 10. Cash and crowns: a network approach to Greek athletic prizes, Christian Mann; Section IV: Wealth, Poverty and Inequality; 11. Property Security and its Limits in Classical Greece, Emily Mackil; 12. Economic (in)equality and democracy: the political economy of poverty in Athens, Claire Taylor; 13. The Distribution of Wealthy Athenians in the Attic Demes, James Kierstead and Roman Klapaukh; Section V: Interstate Relations; 14. Exploring inter-community political activity in fourth-century Greece, Peter Liddel; 15. Hegemonic Legitimacy (and its Absence) in Classical Greece, Polly Low; 16. The Koinon Dogma, the Mercenary Threat, and the Consolidation of the Democratic Revolutions in mid 5th Century Sicily, David Teegarden; Section VI: Technology and Innovation; 17. Muddle wrestling: grappling for conceptual clarity in archaic money, Peter van Alfen; 18. Entanglement, Materiality, and the Social Organization of Construction Workers in Classical Athens, Diane Harris Cline; 19. Technology and Society in Classical Athens: A study of the social context of mining and metallurgy at Laurion, Kim van Liefferinge; Overview: Greek history at a crossroads, John K. Davies