Hölkeskamp Reconstructing the Roman Republic

An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3490-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hölkeskamp, Karl-J.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Heitmann-Gordon, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vii

Preface to the English Edition ix

Preface to the German Edition xiii

CHAPTER 1: From 'Provocation' to'Discussion': A Plea for Continuation 1

CHAPTER 2: 'Reality' versus 'System': Conventional Conceptualizations of a'Constitution' 12

CHAPTER 3: From'System' to'Structure': New Questions about the Social Framework of Politics 23

CHAPTER 4: From'Structures' to 'Concepts': Problems of (Self-) Conceptualization of an Alien Society 44

CHAPTER 5: From'Concepts' to'Political Culture': The Benefi ts of Theory 53

CHAPTER 6: Between' Aristocracy' and 'Democracy': Beyond a Dated Dichotomy 76

CHAPTER 7: Consensus and Consent: Necessary Requirements of a Competitive Culture 98

CHAPTER 8: Symbolic Capital as Social Credit: Locating the Core of the Consensus 107

CHAPTER 9: An End of the Beginning: A New Ancient History and Its Topicality 125

Abbreviations 137

Bibliography 141

Index of Names 181

Index of Subjects 185

Über Autor(innen)

Karl-J. Holkeskamp is professor of ancient history at the University of Cologne. He has published extensively on civic society, politics, and law in ancient Greece and the Roman Republic.