LEADER 03986nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910823085703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-1918-0 010 $a1-4008-1285-2 010 $a1-282-75146-8 010 $a9786612751462 010 $a1-4008-2051-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400820511 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396593 035 $a(EBL)668944 035 $a(OCoLC)70771423 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11120348 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10165245 035 $a(PQKB)11203095 035 $a(OCoLC)52230011 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35917 035 $a(DE-B1597)446034 035 $a(OCoLC)979623429 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400820511 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL668944 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275146 035 $a(dli)HEB01458 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003865600 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC668944 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396593 100 $a19890907d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMass and elite in democratic Athens $erhetoric, ideology, and the power of the people /$fby Josiah Ober 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1989 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 390 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-691-09443-8 311 $a0-691-02864-8 320 $aBibliography: p. 364-381. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tCHAPTER I. Democracy: Athenian and Modern --$tCHAPTER II. History of the Athenian "Constitution": A Diachronic Survey --$tCHAPTER III. Public Speakers and Mass Audiences --$tCHAPTER IV. Ability and Education: The Power of Persuasion --$tCHAPTER V. Class: Wealth, Resentment, and Gratitude --$tCHAPTER VI. Status: Noble Birth and Aristocratic Behavior --$tCHAPTER VII. Conclusions: Dialectics and Discourse --$tAppendix: Catalogue of Speeches and Citation Index --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 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. 606 $aPolitical participation$zGreece$zAthens 606 $aPolitical leadership$zGreece$zAthens 607 $aAthens (Greece)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical leadership 676 $a306/.2/0938 700 $aOber$b Josiah$0153304 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823085703321 996 $aMass and elite in democratic Athens$9178381 997 $aUNINA