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Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C.: Reacting to the Past

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Innovative and engaging, The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. explores the intellectual dynamics of democracy by recreating the historical context that shaped its evolution. Part of the Reacting to the Past series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Issues of the time are sorted out by a polity fractured into radical and moderate democrats, oligarchs, and Socratics, among others.

Language: English

Pages: 118

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pearson

Release: November 02, 2004

ISBN: 0321333039

ISBN 13: 9780321333032

Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C.: Reacting to the Past

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Innovative and engaging, The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. explores the intellectual dynamics of democracy by recreating the historical context that shaped its evolution. Part of the Reacting to the Past series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Issues of the time are sorted out by a polity fractured into radical and moderate democrats, oligarchs, and Socratics, among others.

Language: English

Pages: 118

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pearson

Release: November 02, 2004

ISBN: 0321333039

ISBN 13: 9780321333032

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