Polis and Revolution: Responding to Oligarchy in Classical Athens (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Polis and Revolution This 2011 book explores how democracy in Athens was recreated and the city rebuilt following the oligarchic revolutions of the fifth century BC.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Format: Hardback 386 pages
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- Categories: Politics & Government | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780521760447 ISBN 10: 0521760445
- Sales rank: 462,861
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Full description for Polis and Revolution
During the turbulent last years of the fifth century BC, Athens twice suffered the overthrow of democracy and the subsequent establishment of oligarchic regimes. In an in-depth 2011 treatment of both political revolutions, Julia Shear examines how the Athenians responded to these events, at the level both of the individual and of the corporate group. Interdisciplinary in approach, this account brings epigraphical and archaeological evidence to bear on a discussion which until now has largely been based on texts. Dr Shear particularly focuses on the recreation of democracy and the city, both ritually and physically, in the aftermath of the coups and demonstrates that, whilst reconciliation after civil strife is difficult and contentious, it is also crucial for rebuilding a united society. Theories of remembering and forgetting are applied and offer a new way of understanding the dynamics in Athens at this time.
