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Geertje J Bol
Partisan Virtue

Historians of political thought interested in partisanship have long privileged the perspective of male canonical thinkers. Scholars have turned to Thucydides and Plato for insights on stasis, Aristotle o…

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Cynthia Farrar
The Origins of Democratic Thinking

The Athenians invented democracy - and as they grappled with the implications, they also invented democratic political theory. By reconstruing Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democri…

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Mario Arndt
When the Sun Went Dark

What if the astronomical events that anchor our history are an illusion? The established chronology of antiquity - from the Greeks to the Romans - relies on solar eclipses as unshakeable time-markers. &qu…

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Sallust: Bellum Catilinae

Sallust is the first Roman historian whose work has survived, and his Bellum Catilinae is an excellent text for students. It provides a riveting narrative of a significant event in an important period of …

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A Companion to Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes is widely considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Although best known for his seminal book Leviathan, Hobbes produced a wide range of writings, from translations…

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Shadi Bartsch
Plato Goes to China

The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime's political agendaAs improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way to understand today's…

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Brian Leiter
From a Realist Point of View

From A Realist Point of View combines new essays with revised versions of the most important recent work of preeminent legal realist Brian Leiter. This collection offers a systematic and philosophically a…

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Jaume Aurell
30 Great Books That Made History

Today, many readers could easily list thirty classic authors, or thirty classic works of art, literature, music, philosophy, or science. But would they be able to name thirty classic works of history? In …

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Leo Strauss
The City and Man

"The City and Man" consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle's "Politics," Plato's "Republic," and Thucydides' "Peloponnesian Wars." Toget…

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Kristan Stoddart
China And Its Embrace of Offensive Cyberespionage

De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences - Band 54

The West is under challenge from the rise of China as a global power. Cyberespionage has enhanced China's economy, military, and political influence, and it is now a peer rival to the American-led West ac…

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Jaume Aurell
30 Great Books That Made History

Today, many readers could easily list thirty classic authors, or thirty classic works of art, literature, music, philosophy, or science. But would they be able to name thirty classic works of history? In …

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Reassessing the Peloponnesian War

Modern accounts of the great war between the Athenians and the Spartans in the late fifth century BC have simply reanalysed the gripping analysis of military and political events given by Thucydides. But …

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Shadia B. Drury
Chauvinism of the West

This book is a critical exploration of the intellectual foundations of American foreign policy on the left and the right. The left is inspired by Immanuel Kant's idea that spreading democracy is the key t…

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Reassessing the Peloponnesian War

Modern accounts of the great war between the Athenians and the Spartans in the late fifth century BC have simply reanalysed the gripping analysis of military and political events given by Thucydides. But …

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Jill Kastner, William C. Wohlforth
A Measure Short of War

A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivalsIn 2016, the United States was stunned by evidence of Russian meddling in the US presidential elections. B…

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William Burghart
Pleonexia, the Abuse of Power, and the Downfall of Democracies in Greek Thought

This volume explores the ancient Greek concept of pleonexia, a term that encapsulates the idea of individuals or groups seeking gain at the expense of others. William Burghart offers an examination of how…

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