Thucydides and Political Order: Concepts of Order and the History of the Peloponnesian War

ISBN-13: 9781137527622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 201 str.

Christian R. Thauer; Christian Wendt

Opis

Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is considered in both history and political science as a text of fundamental disciplinary relevance. However, neither discipline takes the other discipline into account during debates about Thucydides. This collection addresses this inter-disciplinary gap, asking how can and should the two disciplines approach Thucydides in the 21st century. This collection gives the reader an overview of recent scholarly work, interests, and developments in both disciplines with regard to Thucydides. It also establishes the question of 'political order' as a common theme in relation to Thucydides for historians and political scientists alike and identifies a common research agenda for future scholarly work on Thucydides across the disciplines.

Spis treści

PART I – INTRODUCTION: THUCYDIDES AND POLITICAL ORDER
1. Introduction: Thucydides and Political Order; Christian R. Thauer and Christian Wendt
PART II – THUCYDIDES AND THE MODERN READER: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
2. Contextualism and Universalism in Thucydidean Thought; Neville Morley
3. It's Time For History! Thucydides in International Relations: Towards a Post-'Westphalian' Reading of a Pre-'Westphalian' Author; Christian R. Thauer
4. Between office and tyranny, internal and external rulership: arch? in Herodotus and Thucydides; Peter Spahn
5. Turannis in the work of Thucydides; Martin Dreher (Magdeburg)
PART III – REPRESENTATIONS OF ORDER IN THUCYDIDES
6. Beneath Politics: Thucydides on the Body as the Ground and Limit of the Political Regime; Clifford Orwin
7. The 'Rule of the Sea': Thucydidean Concept or Periclean Utopia?; Hans Kopp
8. Civic Trust in Thucydides' History; Ryan Balot

O autorze

Christian R. Thauer is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and at the Center for German Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His thesis was awarded the International Studies Association International Political Economy (ISA-IPE) Best Dissertation Prize 2009/10. Before joining the Hebrew University, Thauer taught at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Thauer is the co-editor of Business and Governance in South Africa and has published various articles on political economy and governance.

Christian Wendt is Professor of Ancient History at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and head of the Berlin Thucydides Center. His publications include Sine fine (2008) and numerous articles on Greek historiography and political thought, ancient international law, and the reception of Thucydides in modern political theory. He is the co-editor of 2000 Jahre Varusschlacht (2012) and is currently co-editing a volume on ancient sea power.