Tag Archives: Ancient Greece — Politics
Republics, Ancient and Modern, Part 2 of 2
George Kennedy, Marc Plattner, and Paul Rahe discuss the importance to both popular and academic audiences of republican forms of government, from antiquity to contemporary deliberations about concepts and practice. In response to a question about what kind of government had … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Kennedy, George A., Plattner, Marc F., Rahe, Paul Anthony
Tagged Ancient Greece -- Politics, Constitution, Government -- Republics, Politics -- U.S., U.S. Constitution
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(1) Republics, Ancient and Modern, Part 1 of 2; (2) Review of Tuchman’s “March of Folly”
Paul Rahe, George Kennedy, and Marc Plattner discuss republican forms of government from their roots in the city-states of ancient Greece to their modern versions. Along the way they investigate the connections between human nature and forms of government peculiar to … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Gingher, Robert, Kennedy, George A., Plattner, Marc F., Rahe, Paul Anthony
Tagged Ancient Greece -- Politics, Politics, U.S. Constitution
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Survivors of Time: Ancient Politics and Societies
Michael Alexander, Helen North, and Josiah Ober discuss society, politics, and rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome, and talk about connections between those societies and the modern day. At the time of this interview, Alexander, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1983-84), was … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander, Michael Charles, Episodes, North, Helen F., Ober, Josiah
Tagged Ancient Greece -- Politics, Ancient Rome - Politics, Politics
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