{"product_id":"basic-ideas-of-ancient-greek-democracy-and-their-relevance-for-modern-conceptions-of-democracy-von-lisa-wegener","title":"Basic ideas of ancient Greek democracy and their relevance for modern conceptions of democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, course: Democracy: Theory and Practice, language: English, abstract: The fascination that springs from the first democratic polity of history, the ancient polis of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttica, remains undaunted right up to now and the examination of this alluring topic will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecertainly occupy future scientists as well. The main questions are: How ¿ and most of all why\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿ did democracy develop at this time and at this place? How was this political system\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorganised? And what lessons can we draw from the rise and fall of the Athenian democracy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the following, I am going to touch some of these issues while analysing what the basic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eideas of Athenian democracy looked like, comparing the ancient with the modern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstanding and investigating to what extent they might be relevant to current theories of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemocracy. Thus, I am going to concentrate more on the abstract, intellectual foundations of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe political system than on concrete manifestations like institutions and procedures. From\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy point of view, this approach appears to be more advantageous anyway because the formal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eframe could only be applied much harder to modern states than general ideas might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the basic ideas which led to the genesis and shaped the form of democracy may be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsidered the power of the people (commonly known as the rule of the people but I am\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoing to show why this is not the appropriate translation), equality, liberty and the rule of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elaw. After having examined the nature and consequences of these concepts, I am going to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esummarise my results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640189526\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640189526","offer_id":39440776757341,"sku":"9783640189526","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/96c2572c-b8bb-47d4-bdbb-1f29af26e2e4.jpg?v=1777609683","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/basic-ideas-of-ancient-greek-democracy-and-their-relevance-for-modern-conceptions-of-democracy-von-lisa-wegener","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}