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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819848903321

Autore

Anderson William <1888-1975.>

Titolo

Man's quest for political knowledge : ancient times

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1964]

ISBN

0-8166-5695-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 381 pages)

Disciplina

320.7

Soggetti

Political science - History

Political science - Study and teaching - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 341-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- THE BACKGROUND AND THE BOOK -- PART I. THREE ANCIENT LITERATE SOCIETIES OF THE NEAR EAST -- 1 Mesopotamia -- 2 Egypt -- 3 The Israelites -- PART II: THE GREEKS OF ANCIENT TIMES -- 4 The Delphic Oracle -- 5 Pre-Socratic Writers -- 6 Socrates' Contemporaries -- 7 Socrates and Political Education -- 8 Plato and Anti-Politics -- 9 Plato's Contemporaries -- 10 Aristotle -- PART III. THE DECLINE AFTER ARISTOTLE -- 11 The Hellenistic Period -- 12 The Era of the Roman Empire -- EPILOGUE: CONDITIONS FAVORING POLITICAL STUDIES -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Considering the importance of political science as an academic subject in our time, it is surprising that more attention has not been given, until now, to the history of political study and teaching. As Professor Anderson’s book makes clear, an understand.