OBER, JOSIAH

The athenian revolution. Essays on ancient Greek democracy and political theory.

Princeton, 1996. 212 pp. Boards with d./j. Ex-Library copy.

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)

Book number: 211431

Keywords: Filology Klassieke filologie

OBER, JOSIAH,

The Athenian Revolution; essays on ancient Greek democracy and political theory.

Princeton University Press, [, 1996. Softcover, ISBN: 0691001901. Very good condition.

Hammer Mountain Book Halls

Book number: 35330

Catalogue: Ancient & Classical History

Keywords: 0691001901

OBER, JOSIAH

The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

New Jersey, U.S.A. Princeton University Press. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0691010951). Hard Cover, 160mm x 240mm. Jacket has light wear and no tears. Minimal specks to edges of page-block. Internally clean. Binding tight. 212pp. Very Good/Very Good.

LectiOz

Book number: 010270

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0691010951

OBER, JOSIAH

The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1996). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, ix,212 pp. Minor rubbing, some light side-page-edge soil, VG. dustwrapper
¶ Contents: Introduction: Athenian Democracy & the History of Ideologies; Models & Paradigms in Ancient History; Public Speech & the Power of the People in Democratic Athens; The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 B.C.: Violence, Authority, & the Origins of Democracy; The Rules of War in Classical Greece; Thucydides, Pericles & the Strategy of Defense; Power & Oratory in Democratic Athens: Demosthenes 21, 'Against Meidias'; The Nature of Athenian Democracy; The Athenians & Their Democracy; How to Criticize Democracy in Late 5th- and 4th-Century Athens; The Polis as a Society: Aristotle, John Rawls & the Athenian Social Contract.

Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark

Book number: BOOKS007956I

Keywords: Political Philosophy, Democratic Athens, Athenian Democracy, Ancient History, Classical Philology, Greece Greek, , , ,

OBER, JOSIAH, AND CHARLES HEDRICK, EDITED BY.

Demokratia: A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton U. P. 1996. 1. 466 pp. 8vo, Black stiff wrappers. Softcover. . Very good/No jacket issued. Light wear about edges, else a very good copy. 0691011087.

A. Parker's Books, Inc., ABAA

Book number: 42289

Catalogue: Political Science

Keywords: Political Science, Philosophy, Ancient History, Classics

OBER, JOSIAH

Fortress Attica Defense of the Athenian Land Frontier 404-322 B.C.

E. J. Brill, 1985. Softcover. ISBN: 9004072438. Very minor shelfwear else Fine. Scholar's name to ffep (E. Badian). ; Contents: problem: the economic resources of attica; Methods of Waging War, Defensive Mentality at Athens; Part Two: attempts at a solution: Theory of Defense. Changes in the Athenian Military Establishment; Part Three: Frontiers and Fortifications: Routes into Attica. Forts and Towers. Road System of Northern Attica. Part Four: Defense of Attica: Border Defense System. Chronological Review and Conclusions. Appendix: identification of Some sites in Northwestern Attica. ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava; 243 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Ancient World Books

Book number: 11002

Catalogue: Greek History

Keywords: 9004072438 Athens & Athenians Greek History Archaeological Collections Military & Army Warfare & Defence

OBER, JOSIAH

Fortress Attica Defense of the Athenian Land Frontier 404-322 B.C.

E. J. Brill, 1985. Softcover. ISBN: 9004072438. Very minor soiling to wraps and shelfwear. ; Contents: problem: the economic resources of attica; Methods of Waging War, Defensive Mentality at Athens; Part Two: attempts at a solution: Theory of Defense. Changes in the Athenian Military Establishment; Part Three: Frontiers and Fortifications: Routes into Attica. Forts and Towers. Road System of Northern Attica. Part Four: Defense of Attica: Border Defense System. Chronological Review and Conclusions. Appendix: identification of Some sites in Northwestern Attica. ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava; 243 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

Ancient World Books

Book number: 12758

Catalogue: Greek History

Keywords: 9004072438 Athens & Athenians Greek History Archaeological Collections Military & Army Warfare & Defence

OBER, JOSIAH.

Fortress Attica. Defense of the Athenian land frontier 404-322 B.C.

Leiden, Brill, 1985. X,243 pp. 8 ills. Softcover. (Mnemosyne).

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)

Book number: 219102

Keywords: Greece Archaeology Griekenland Archeologie

OBER, JOSIAH

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology and the Power of The People

New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1989. Trade paper, 8vo., fine condition, frontis, appendices, bibliography, index, 390pp.

Out of Print Books

Book number: 18519

Keywords: Athens Greek Greece Classics Political Science History Democracy Slaves Middle Classes 18519

OBER, JOSIAH

MASS AND ELITE IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People

, Princeton University Press, 1991, Fifth Printing, Softcover. Near Fine. Black slash bottom edges. G written on first page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408 pages

The Avocado Pit

Book number: 54289

OBER, JOSIAH

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens. Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People

Princeton University Press. 1989. (ISBN: 9780691028644) . Softcover. FINE.

Marc van Dijk

Book number: 017002

Catalogue: Geschiedenis/History

Keywords: 9780691028644

OBER, JOSIAH

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens : Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A. Princeton University Press. 1990. (ISBN: 0691028648). Trade Paperback. Corrected reprint of the 1989 ed. xviii, 390pp. Very Good.

B&B Smith, Booksellers

Book number: 29358

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: Athens Greece Politics Government History 0691028648

OBER, JOSIAH.

Political dissent in democratic Athens : intellectual critics of popular rule.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University press, 1998, Hardbound. Dustjacket. xiv, 417 p ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-401) and indexes. (Martin classical lectures). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. . ISBN 0691001227

Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

Book number: #191975

Keywords: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, zdoos *, *. 0691001227

OBER, JOSIAH

Political Dissent in Democratic Athens Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule

Princeton University Press, 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691001227. Light shelfwear. One small bump to top of spine. ; 1.48 x 9.51 x 6.41 Inches; 440 pages; How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries B. C.? By interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, Josiah Ober argues that the tradition originated in a high-stakes debate about democracy. Since elite Greek intellectuals tended to assume that ordinary men were incapable of ruling themselves, the longevity and resilience of Athenian popular rule presented a problem: how to explain the apparent success of a regime "irrationally" based on the inherent wisdom and practical efficacy of decisions made by non-elite citizens? The problem became acute after two oligarchic coups d' etat in the late fifth century B. C. The generosity and statesmanship that democrats showed after regaining political power contrasted starkly with the oligarchs' violence and corruption. Since it was no longer self-evident that "better men" meant "better government, " critics of democracy sought new arguments to explain the relationship among politics, ethics, and morality. Ober offers fresh readings of the political works of Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, by placing them in the context of a competitive community of dissident writers. These thinkers struggled against both democratic ideology and intellectual rivals to articulate the best and most influential criticism of popular rule. The competitive Athenian environment stimulated a century of brilliant literary and conceptual innovation. Through Ober's re-creation of an ancient intellectual milieu, early Western political thought emerges not just as a "footnote to Plato, " but as a dissident commentary on the first Western democracy.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Ancient World Books

Book number: 1341

Catalogue: Greek History

Keywords: 0691001227 Greece Ancient History Athenian Classical Greek & Roman Democracy Movements & Periods History & Criticism Greek History

RAAFLAUB, KURT;OBER, JOSIAH;WALLACE, ROBERT W.

Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece

Berkeley, Univ of California Pr. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780520258099). Paperback, 8vo. pp. x 242."This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy “invented” or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and “people’s power.” They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions.". Very Good/No Dj.

The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: 130492

Catalogue: Ancient History

Keywords: Ancient Greece Ancient History 9780520258099

RAAFLAUB, KURT A. & JOSIAH OBER & ROBERT W. WALLACE [EDS. - ET AL.].

Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece.

Berkeley-Los Angeles-London. University of California Press. 2007. Original publisher's black cloth hardback, gilt title spine, dustjacket, large 8vo: xij, 242pp. notes & references, about the authors, chronology events, abbreviations, general bibliography, index primay sources, index. Very fine copy - as new. ISBN: 9780520245624

Antiquariaat Ben van Nijnatten

Book number: 60534

Keywords: 9780520245624

STRAUSS, BARRY S. & OBER, JOSIAH

The anatomy of error. Ancient military disasters and their lessons for modern strategists

St Martins Pr, 1992. Paperback. Pp: 272. ISBN: 9780312076283. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Polare

Book number: U2895214

Catalogue: Geschiedenis

Keywords: 9780312076283

STRAUSS, BARRY S. & OBER, JOSIAH

The anatomy of error. Ancient military disasters and their lessons for modern strategists

St Martins Pr, 1992. Paperback. Pp: 272. ISBN: 9780312076283. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Polare

Book number: U1418449

Catalogue: Geschiedenis

Keywords: 9780312076283

STRAUSS, BARRY S. & JOSIAH OBER

The Anatomy of Error Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists

St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312050518. Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Two more books of military history written for general audiences. Strauss and Ober discuss strategic failure in the classical world in terms of defeated generals and political leaders from Xerxes of Persia to Julian the Apostate. These losers share a common incapacity to consider and overcome unexamined assumptions about themselves and their enemies, say the authors. But the authors go on to defend good decision-making in relentlessly Clausewitzian terms that overlook the essential differences between the state systems of 19th-century Europe and the ancient Mediterranean. Such presentmindedness is unlikely to liberate the study of ancient history from its specialist ghetto. Karl proposes to describe situations from Thermopylae to Dien Bien Phu in which "an elite unit of soldiers stands to the last men with little hope of victory. " His definition of "elite" is extremely broad. The mixed bag of Germans and other Europeans that defended Berlin in 1945 hardly qualifies as an elite in the sense of the Theban Sacred Band. Moreover, instead of concentrating on the composition, motivation, and behavior of these doomed units, Karl writes generalized campaign history, with the last stand itself sometimes dismissed in a few paragraphs. The Anatomy of Error is flawed by a restrictive analytic structure; Glorious Defiance fails to progress beyond descriptive narrative. Neither can be recommended except as supplements for large collections. ; 8.5 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; 272 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Ancient World Books

Book number: 1885

Catalogue: Greek History

Keywords: 0312050518 Military History Strategy Military Science Classical Greek & Roman Near Eastern Studies Roman Empire Late Antiquity Greece

WAAL, FRANS B. M. & MACEDO, STEPHEN & OBER, JOSIAH & WRIGHT, ROBERT

Primates and philosophers. How morality evolved

Princeton Univ Pr, 2006. Gekartonneerd. Pp: 209. ISBN: 9780691124476. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Polare

Book number: U3091041

Catalogue: Natuur & dier

Keywords: 9780691124476