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Sebastiani, Breno Battistin | Leão, Delfim Ferreira

Crises (staseis) and changes (metabolai) : Athenian democracy in the making

2022 - Firenze University Press

134 p.

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • This book aims to build a solid and proper contribution to the contemporary global debate on the experience of democracy and its possibilities as the most effective mediator of a series of challenges, a debate that is necessarily rooted in the critical reassessment of its Greek cultural heritage. The book is articulated around the identification of a concrete problem: the need for studies that critically discuss Athenian democracy, seen as a daily problem and practice, based on its staseis (crises) and metabolai (changes), and whose solutions and strategies may still contribute to the reflection on the social, intellectual and ethical-political challenges of contemporary democracy. [Publisher's text]
  • University lectures.