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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讀後感
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用戶評價
重點讀第二部分，從梭倫到伯裏剋利，剋裏斯提尼那部分感觸最深，可能和美國國父們一樣，為什麼要公民大會錶決，consensus的設置並不是為瞭民主，而是外界的威脅去除之後，沒有新的強權可以設定規則，隻能靠consensus纔比較有閤理性…很清晰很簡潔，有空再翻；
评分精英與大眾分野的視角，意識形態的重現等等給我對政治史以極大的啓發；瞭解雅典的政治生態很好地讀物
评分精英與大眾分野的視角，意識形態的重現等等給我對政治史以極大的啓發；瞭解雅典的政治生態很好地讀物
评分精英與大眾分野的視角，意識形態的重現等等給我對政治史以極大的啓發；瞭解雅典的政治生態很好地讀物
评分重點讀第二部分，從梭倫到伯裏剋利，剋裏斯提尼那部分感觸最深，可能和美國國父們一樣，為什麼要公民大會錶決，consensus的設置並不是為瞭民主，而是外界的威脅去除之後，沒有新的強權可以設定規則，隻能靠consensus纔比較有閤理性…很清晰很簡潔，有空再翻；
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