The School of History : Athens in the Age of Socrates

by: Munn, M.

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History, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation--the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.). This remarkable age produced such luminaries as Socrates, Herodotus, Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and the sophists, and set the stage for the education and early careers of Plato and Xenophon, among others. The School of History provides the fullest and most detailed intellectual and political history available of Athens during the late fifth century b.c.e., as it examines the background, the context, and the decisive events shaping this society in the throes of war. This expansive, readable narrative ultimately leads to a new understanding of Athenian democratic culture, showing why and how it yielded such extraordinary intellectual productivity. As both a source and a subject, Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War is the central text around which the narrative and thematic issues of the book revolve. Munn re-evaluates the formation of the Greek historiographical tradition itself as he identifies the conditions that prompted Thucydides to write--specifically the historian's desire to guide the Athenian democracy as it struggled to comprehend its future. The School of History fully encompasses recent scholarship in history, literature, and archaeology. Munn's impressive mastery of the huge number of sources and publications informs his substantial contributions to our understanding of this democracy transformed by war. Immersing us fully in the intellectual foment of Athenian society, The School of History traces the history of Athens at the peak of its influence, both as a political and military power in its own time and as a source of intellectual inspiration for the centuries to come

Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1 The Past of Democratic Athens; 2 The Aristocracy of Democratic Athens; 3 Servants of the Athenian Democracy; 4 The Expulsion of Alcibiades, 415-413; 5 Rationalizing Oligarchy, 413-411; 6 A Procession of Victories, 411-408; 7 The Limits of Democratic Imperative, 408-405; 8 Surrendering to Sparta, 405-404; 9 The Athenian Civil War, 404-403; 10 The Laws of Athens, 403-400; 11 Eliminating Socrates, 401-399; 12 Athenian Democracy and History, 399-395; Appendices; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; General Index

Subjects:
479-431 B.C
Athene
Athens (Greece) Civilization Political aspects
Civilization Political aspects
Democracy Greece Athens Historiography
Democracy Historiography
Greece
Greece Athens
Greece History Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
Grèce Histoire 479-431 av. J.-C. (Apogée d'Athènes)
HISTORY Ancient
HISTORY Ancient General
History

The School of History : Athens in the Age of Socrates

by: Munn, M.

• ISBN-13: 9780520215573 / 978-0-520-21557-3
• ISBN-03: 0520215575 / 0-520-21557-5
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000

Price: 52,24 EURO

1 copy in stock