Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy

by Gabriel Herman (Editor)

Overview

Was the Athenian democracy anarchic, given to domestic violence and hence unstable, as claimed by some scholars, or was it a stable, well-ordered, social system, provided with in-built mechanisms to overcome crisis? Various aspects of this question, central to the understanding of the Athenian democracy, are investigated in this volume by a team of distinguished experts. The often surprising answers they provide should be of interest to specialists as well as laymen. The volume is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Alexander Fuks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783515098670
Publisher:	Franz Steiner Verlag
Publication date:	09/05/2011
Series:	Historia - Einzelschriften , #220
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	6.65(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Gabriel Herman is Professor of Ancient History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He obtained his Ph.D. at Cambridge under the supervision of the late Professor M. I. Finley, whose approaches he follows. He has held visiting fellowships at Churchill College, Cambridge; the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; and the Institute for the Research in the Humanities, Madison.