Going with the Grain: Athenian State Formation and the Question of Subsistence in the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE
The questions I intend to ask in this paper focus on this very issue. My case study is 5th century BCE Athens. During this period, the so-called “Athenian Empire”, Athens experienced military growth, geographic expansion of its hegemony, and further population increase.
From epistemic diversity to common knowledge: Rational rituals and publicity in democratic Athens
From epistemic diversity to common knowledge: Rational rituals and publicity in democratic Athens Ober, Josiah Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, July 2006 Abstract…
Rule and Revenue in Egypt and Rome: Political Stability and Fiscal Institutions
Rule and Revenue in Egypt and Rome: Political Stability and Fiscal Institutions Monson, Andrew Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, August 2007 Abstract This…
What the Ancient Greeks Can Tell Us About Democracy
The classical Greek experience has more to tell us about the origins and definition of democracy, and about the relationship between participatory democracy and formal institutions, rhetoric, civic identity, political values, political criticism, war, economy, culture, and religion.
Mapping Politics: An Investigation of Deme Theatres in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries
Mapping Politics: An Investigation of Deme Theatres in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries Paga, Jessica Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, February 2009 Abstract…
Access, Fairness, and Transaction Costs: Nikophon's law on silver coinage (Athens: 375/4 BC)
Access, Fairness, and Transaction Costs: Nikophon’s law on silver coinage (Athens: 375/4 BC) Ober, Josiah Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, July 2009 Abstract…
Comparing democracies. A spatial method with application to ancient Athens
Comparing democracies. A spatial method with application to ancient Athens Ober, Josiah Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, July 2009 Abstract A graphic method…
Epistemic democracy in classical Athens: Sophistication, diversity, and innovation
Epistemic democracy in classical Athens: Sophistication, diversity, and innovation Ober, Josiah Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, August 2009 Abstract Analysis of democracy in…
An Aristotelian middle way between deliberation and independent-guess aggregation
An Aristotelian middle way between deliberation and independent-guess aggregation Ober, Josiah Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, September 2009 Abstract A well-known passage of…
The Ionian Era of Athenian Civic Identity
The Ionian Era of Athenian Civic Identity By