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The Hellenistic Stoa: Political Thought and Action: BCPaperbacks

Autor Andrew Erskine
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 apr 2011
Stoicism, which came to be closely identified with the Roman establishment, began as a radical doctrine. Indeed Zeno, the first Stoic (335-263BC), embarrassed his Roman successors by advocating the abolition of money, private property and marriage. How did this change come about? Dr Erskine pieces together the evidence for early Stoic political thought to examine the transition. He sets the philosophy in its historical context showing how political thought and action interrelate in the process. Chapters discuss Stoic attitudes to slavery, Roman imperialism, property and justice, as well as specific cases of political participation such as in third-century Athenian politics, the Spartan revolution and the land reform programme. There has been increasing interest in Hellenistic philosophy. This is the first book to treat in depth the Stoic attitude to society within the context of its political environment.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781853997471
ISBN-10: 1853997471
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:2Revizuită
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bristol Classical Press
Seria BCPaperbacks

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The first book to set the philosophy in a wider social and political context.

Notă biografică

Andrew Erskine is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Cuprins

Preface to the Second Edition, 2011 Abbreviations Introduction 1. Zeno's Politeia2. Slavery and Society4. Third-Century Athenian Politics5. Property and Justice6. The Spartan Revolution7. The Gracchi8. The Justification of the Roman EmpireConclusionAppendix: Panaetius Bibliography Index

Recenzii

Learned and provocative with valuable comments on the connection between philosophic notions of psychology and political theory.
All students of ancient society will find this a book worth reading.
Erskine tells a clear, well organised and ambitious story. ... after decades in which English-speaking ancient historians had nothing much to say about politics and philosophy [he] has made a stimulating and substantial contribution to the new debate on their interaction.
Although it should appeal to a broad range of scholarly approaches, Stoic political philosophy has received little attention. Hence Andrew Erskine's new book is especially welcome. It is impressively broad in scope. It not only offers the first detailed study of the early Stoics' political philosophy and its Roman reception, but three of its eight chapters also treat their participation in politics and their influence on political ideology ... this book marks the first serious account of Stoic political philosophy.
This book should be on the reading-list of any graduate-level course which considers the philosophy or political thought of the Hellenistic period.

Descriere

Andrew Erskine pieces together the evidence for early Stoic political thought to examine the transition, setting the philosophy in its historical context showing how political thought and action interrelate in the process.