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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Nature, Endurance, Destruction, and Consequences of Political Order According to Thucydides
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Thucydides as a Model Historian (or Theorist) of Political Order
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Representations of Order in Thucydides
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About this book
This book, the second of two monographs, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on Thucydides' legacy to the political process. It also includes a careful examination of the usefulness and efficacy of the interdisciplinary approach to political order in the ancient world and proposes new paths for the future study.
About the authors
Christian R. Thauer is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and at the Center for German Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His thesis was awarded the International Studies Association International Political Economy (ISA-IPE) Best Dissertation Prize 2009/10. Before joining the Hebrew University, Thauer taught at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Thauer is the co-editor of Business and Governance in South Africa and has published articles on political economy and governance.
Christian Wendt is Professor of Ancient History at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and head of the Berlin Thucydides Center. His publications include Sine fine (2008) and numerous articles on Greek historiography and political thought, ancient international law, and the reception of Thucydides in modern political theory. He is the co-editor of 2000 Jahre Varusschlacht (2012) and is currently co-editing a volume on ancient sea power.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thucydides and Political Order
Book Subtitle: Lessons of Governance and the History of the Peloponnesian War
Editors: Christian R. Thauer, Christian Wendt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137527752
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52774-5Published: 03 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57899-3Published: 25 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52775-2Published: 08 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 194
Topics: Ancient History, International Relations, Historiography and Method, Political History, European History, History of Ancient Europe