Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewA new perspective on political organisation in Hellenistic Rhodes and the ancient Greek citystate The first comprehensive study of Rhodes in more than 20 years and one of the few books dedicated to a single Hellenistic city-stateIntroduces the reader to Hellenistic Rhodes, an important, but also remarkably understudied, city-state of the ancient Greek and Roman world Challenges traditional assumptions about political organization in the ancient Greek city-state Documents the existence of an alternative conception of the ancient Greek city-state, which will inspire new approaches to the study of the ancient Greek city-state, politics and society.Christian Thomsen offers a study of political institutions on the island state of Rhodes - an important power in the eastern Mediterranean and the first city of the Hellenistic world. Using Aristotle's notion of the polis as an 'association of associations' as its point of departure, Thomsen provides an analysis of political institutions, taking a broader view of what constitutes an institution than traditional studies of the ancient Greek city-state. Among the institutions surveyed are the family, civic subdivisions such as tribes and demes as well as private associations. He argues that these organisations served as important junctions in the networks of political elites and shaped the political landscape of Hellenistic Rhodes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christian ThomsenPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9781474452557ISBN 10: 1474452558 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 31 July 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"Thomsen's book performs two admirable tasks. First, citing his exceptional knowledge of Hellenistic Rhodes' rich but under-explored inscriptional inheritance, he lucidly expounds the complex web of institutions and public and private associations that it reveals. Secondly, by showing how a 'magisterial elite' manipulated that web in pursuit of office, power, and priesthoods, he contributes substantially to political sociology.-- ""Professor John K. Davies, University of Liverpool""" Author InformationChristian Thomsen is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History at The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on social and political aspects of city-state life in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
