Sökning: "ancient political theory"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden ancient political theory.

  1. 1. Plato's Republic on Democracy : Freedom, Fear and Tyrants Everywhere

    Författare :Oda E. Wiese Tvedt; Pauliina Remes; Hallvard Fossheim; Patricia Mindus; Josiah Ober; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Plato; Socrates; democratic theory; democratic philosophy; political phi-losophy; political theory; Ancient political theory; action theory; ration-ality; social choice theory; autonomy; epistemic vulnerabilities; akrasia; moral psychology; Ancient political institutions; Ancient social institu-tions; Athens; tyranny; oligarchy; democracy; simultaneous vote; Kal-lipolis; guardians; kings; kingship; decision-making; city; soul; polis; self-knowledge; judgement; freedom; power; fear; The Republic; oikos; private; public; History of Philosophy; demos; collectives; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis poses the question ‘What is the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic?’ It is not the first to do so. But contrary to standard readings, this thesis does not assume neither epistemological nor elitist explanations. Rather, it sees the Kallipolis, ‘the beautiful city in words’ as predicated on a particular anthropology. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Heterological Ethnicity : Conceptualizing Identities in Ancient Greece

    Författare :Johannes Siapkas; Pontus Hellström; Gullög Nordquist; Björnar Olsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; theory; ethnicity; classical archaeology; ancient history; primordialism; instrumentalism; Messenia; helots; heterology; de Certeau; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : In accordance with the heterological tradition, this study emphasises the determining effect of theoretical assumptions on our conceptualizations of the past. This study scrutinises how classical archaeologists and ancient historians have conceptualized ethnic groups, in particular the Messenians. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The code of Concord : Emerson's search for universal laws

    Författare :Anders Hallengren; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 ; natural law; ethics; aesthetics; esthetics; politics; USA; ethics and physics; laws of nature; laws of society; laws of art; American literature; American philosophy; American history; legal philosophy; constitutional law; human rights; rule of law; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Public law; Offentlig rätt; Other law; Övrig rätt; Theory of science; Vetenskapsteori; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this work is to detect a pattern: the concordance of Ethics and Aesthetics, Poetics and Politics in the most influential American thinker of the nineteenth century. It is an attempt to trace a basic concept of the Emersonian transcendentalist doctrine, its development, its philosophical meaning and practical implications. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Herodotus and the Origins of Political Philosophy : The Beginnings of Western Thought from the Viewpoint of its Impending End

    Författare :Otto H. Linderborg; Johan Tralau; Eric Cullhed; Elton Barker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Herodotus; Herodotean studies; origins of political philosophy; origins of political theory; early history of political thought; beginnings of Western civilization; contemporary social analysis; Sino-Hellenic studies; Grekiska; Greek;

    Sammanfattning : This investigation proposes a historical theory of the origins of political philosophy. It is assumed that political philosophy was made possible by a new form of political thinking commencing with the inauguration of the first direct democracies in Ancient Greece. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Constructing Athenian Masculinities : Masculinities in Theophrastus' Characters and Menander's Comedies

    Författare :Henrik Berg; Gullög Nordquist; Margaretha Fahlgren; David Konstan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theophrastus; Menander; Athenian masculinities; R. W. Connell; early Hellenistic Athens; Theophrastus’ Characters; the comedies of Menander; hegemonic masculinity; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the construction of masculinities in Theophrastus’ Characters and Menander’s comedies. As these works were written in early Hellenistic Athens during a period of great political and social changes, there is reason to assume that also the construction of gender changed. LÄS MER