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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400820511
035 _a(DE-B1597)446034
035 _a(OCoLC)979623429
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aOber, Josiah
_eautore
245 1 0 _aMass and Elite in Democratic Athens :
_bRhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People /
_cJosiah Ober.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c©1989
300 _a1 online resource (408 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tPreface --
_tAbbreviations --
_tCHAPTER I. Democracy: Athenian and Modern --
_tCHAPTER II. History of the Athenian "Constitution": A Diachronic Survey --
_tCHAPTER III. Public Speakers and Mass Audiences --
_tCHAPTER IV. Ability and Education: The Power of Persuasion --
_tCHAPTER V. Class: Wealth, Resentment, and Gratitude --
_tCHAPTER VI. Status: Noble Birth and Aristocratic Behavior --
_tCHAPTER VII. Conclusions: Dialectics and Discourse --
_tAppendix: Catalogue of Speeches and Citation Index --
_tSelect Bibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThis book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenian "constitution," he focuses on the role of political and legal rhetoric. As jurymen and Assemblymen, the citizen masses of Athens retained important powers, and elite Athenian politicians and litigants needed to address these large bodies of ordinary citizens in terms understandable and acceptable to the audience. This book probes the social strategies behind the rhetorical tactics employed by elite speakers. A close reading of the speeches exposes both egalitarian and elitist elements in Athenian popular ideology. Ober demonstrates that the vocabulary of public speech constituted a democratic discourse that allowed the Athenians to resolve contradictions between the ideal of political equality and the reality of social inequality. His radical reevaluation of leadership and political power in classical Athens restores key elements of the social and ideological context of the first western democracy.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
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