Athenian Legacies Essays on the Politics of Going on Together

"This book is an inspiring achievement for both historians and citizens. A model of how to study antiquity,Athenian Legaciesprovides hope for the future of democratic practice and culture. It lays out clearly and concisely the political and ethical stakes of the discipline's questions and methodologies, fleshes out the conceptual content and stakes of Athenian institutions, and offers a theoretically rich picture not of how Athens came to be a democracy but of how it stayed a democracy."--Danielle Allen, University of Chicago"Josiah Ober has a special skill of integrating historical studies with the large theoretical questions concerning the potentialities of a democratic regime. He does not imagine the simplistic imposition of ancient political practices in the contemporary world, but shows in imaginative ways the profound theoretical concerns that emerge from a careful investigation of the conditions and practices of ancient Athens in particular. The ancient world comes alive in Ober's works as a prism through which we can understand the current challenges of self-government."--Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of MichiganOber, Josiah is the author of 'Athenian Legacies Essays on the Politics of Going on Together', published 2007 under ISBN 9780691133942 and ISBN 0691133948.