Book contents
- Ancient and Modern Democracy
- Ancient and Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The History and Structure of Athenian Democracy
- 2 The Reception of Ancient Constitutional Theory
- 3 Ancient Democracy and Social Backwardness
- 4 The American Founding Fathers and Their Emancipation from the Ancient Model
- 5 The French Revolution and Antiquity
- 6 Terror and the ‘Cult of Antiquity’ in Post-Revolutionary Discourse
- 7 ‘Ancient and Modern Liberty’ – From Benjamin Constant to Max Weber
- 8 German Nineteenth-Century Ambivalence Regarding Athenian Democracy
- 9 The ‘Rehabilitation’ of Athenian Democracy
- 10 Models of Democracy and Constitutional Policy in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- 11 Democracy, Führer andVolksgemeinschaft
- 12 Between Totalitarianism and the Constitutional State
- 13 Conclusion: Is Athens Still a Standard?
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Further Reading
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Book contents
- Ancient and Modern Democracy
- Ancient and Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The History and Structure of Athenian Democracy
- 2 The Reception of Ancient Constitutional Theory
- 3 Ancient Democracy and Social Backwardness
- 4 The American Founding Fathers and Their Emancipation from the Ancient Model
- 5 The French Revolution and Antiquity
- 6 Terror and the ‘Cult of Antiquity’ in Post-Revolutionary Discourse
- 7 ‘Ancient and Modern Liberty’ – From Benjamin Constant to Max Weber
- 8 German Nineteenth-Century Ambivalence Regarding Athenian Democracy
- 9 The ‘Rehabilitation’ of Athenian Democracy
- 10 Models of Democracy and Constitutional Policy in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- 11 Democracy, Führer andVolksgemeinschaft
- 12 Between Totalitarianism and the Constitutional State
- 13 Conclusion: Is Athens Still a Standard?
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
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- Ancient and Modern DemocracyTwo Concepts of Liberty?, pp. 371 - 374Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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