This 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.</p>
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.</p>
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重点读第二部分，从梭伦到伯里克利，克里斯提尼那部分感触最深，可能和美国国父们一样，为什么要公民大会表决，consensus的设置并不是为了民主，而是外界的威胁去除之后，没有新的强权可以设定规则，只能靠consensus才比较有合理性…很清晰很简洁，有空再翻；
评分重点读第二部分，从梭伦到伯里克利，克里斯提尼那部分感触最深，可能和美国国父们一样，为什么要公民大会表决，consensus的设置并不是为了民主，而是外界的威胁去除之后，没有新的强权可以设定规则，只能靠consensus才比较有合理性…很清晰很简洁，有空再翻；
评分精英与大众分野的视角，意识形态的重现等等给我对政治史以极大的启发；了解雅典的政治生态很好地读物
评分精英与大众分野的视角，意识形态的重现等等给我对政治史以极大的启发；了解雅典的政治生态很好地读物
评分重点读第二部分，从梭伦到伯里克利，克里斯提尼那部分感触最深，可能和美国国父们一样，为什么要公民大会表决，consensus的设置并不是为了民主，而是外界的威胁去除之后，没有新的强权可以设定规则，只能靠consensus才比较有合理性…很清晰很简洁，有空再翻；
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