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  • The Cambridge History of Rights: Volume 1, The Ancient World

    Edited by Clifford Ando, Mirko Canevaro, Benjamin Straumann ...
    Series series The Cambridge History of Rights
    The ancient world existed before the modern conceptual and linguistic apparatus of rights, and any attempts to understand its place in history must be undertaken with care. This volume covers not only Greco-Roman antiquity, but ranges from the ancient Near East to early Confucian China; Deuteronomic Judaism to Ptolemaic Egypt; and rabbinic Judaism to Sasanian law. It describes ancient normative ... Read more

    $131.19 USD

  • The Just State

    Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought

    by Benjamin Straumann ...
    An intellectual history of one of the most important contributions to Western societyThe Just State explores influential Greek and Roman ideas about justice and their institutional context, and discusses their legacy in later political thought. Bringing Greco-Roman and modern ideas into conversation with each other, Benjamin Straumann traces the history of ancient political thought by focusing on ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • Crisis and Constitutionalism

    Roman Political Thought from the Fall of the Republic to the Age of Revolution

    by Benjamin Straumann ...
    Crisis and Constitutionalism argues that the late Roman Republic saw, for the first time in the history of political thought, the development of a normative concept of constitution--the concept of a set of constitutional norms designed to guarantee and achieve certain interests of the individual. Benjamin Straumann first explores how a Roman concept of constitution emerged out of the crisis and ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Roman Law in the State of Nature

    The Classical Foundations of Hugo Grotius' Natural Law

    by Benjamin Straumann ...
    Series Book 108 - Ideas in Context
    Roman Law in the State of Nature offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius' natural law theory. Surveying the significance of texts from classical antiquity, Benjamin Straumann argues that certain classical texts, namely Roman law and a specifically Ciceronian brand of Stoicism, were particularly influential for Grotius in the construction of his theory of natural law. The ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

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  • A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought

    Edited by Ryan K. Balot ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
    A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHTJustice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, ... Read more

    $49.00 USD

  • The Athenian Nation

    by Edward Cohen ...
    Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a "nation" (ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a "nation." He argues that in Athens economic, ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

    by Max Weber ...
    In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties. Based on the original 1905 edition, this volume includes, along with Weber's treatise, an illuminating introduction, a wealth of explanatory notes, and exemplary ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • On Politics

    A History of Political Thought: From Herodotus to the Present

    by Alan Ryan ...
    Finally in a one-volume paperback edition, On Politics is one of the most ambitious and hugely readable histories of political philosophy in nearly a century.Praised widely upon hardcover publication, Alan Ryan’s “masterpiece” (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times) blends history and philosophy to examine three thousand years of political thought. Drawing on three decades of research, Ryan insightfully ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

    by John Boswell ...
    Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Democracy's Beginning

    The Athenian Story

    by Thomas N. Mitchell ...
    A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later.The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History of Political Philosophy

    Edited by Leo Strauss, Joseph Cropsey ...
    Designed for undergraduate students, a historical survey of the most important political philosophers in the Western tradition.This volume provides an unequaled introduction to the thought of chief contributors to the Western tradition of political philosophy from classical Greek antiquity to the twentieth century. Written by specialists on the various philosophers, this third edition has been ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Shame to Sin

    by Kyle Harper ...
    The transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian is one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center was sex. Kyle Harper examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD