The Politics of Association in Hellenistic Rhodes
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-5255-7 (ISBN)
The first comprehensive study of Rhodes in more than 20 years and one of the few books dedicated to a single Hellenistic city-stateIntroduces the reader to Hellenistic Rhodes, an important, but also remarkably understudied, city-state of the ancient Greek and Roman world Challenges traditional assumptions about political organization in the ancient Greek city-state Documents the existence of an alternative conception of the ancient Greek city-state, which will inspire new approaches to the study of the ancient Greek city-state, politics and society.Christian Thomsen offers a study of political institutions on the island state of Rhodes – an important power in the eastern Mediterranean and the first city of the Hellenistic world. Using Aristotle’s notion of the polis as an ‘association of associations’ as its point of departure, Thomsen provides an analysis of political institutions, taking a broader view of what constitutes an institution than traditional studies of the ancient Greek city-state.
Among the institutions surveyed are the family, civic subdivisions such as tribes and demes as well as private associations. He argues that these organisations served as important junctions in the networks of political elites and shaped the political landscape of Hellenistic Rhodes.
Christian Thomsen is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History at The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on social and political aspects of city-state life in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
ContentsList of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsMaps
1. IntroductionDemocracy, Classical and HellenisticDisaggregating the PolisThe Politics of Association in Hellenistic Rhodes
2 Rhodian DemocracyPolitical InstitutionsCivic CareersOut of OfficeWealth and the Magistrate
3 The OikosPreserving the Oikos
4 Public AssociationsBeing LindianDemes against Demes
5 Private AssociationsCommunity BuildingEquality and Inequality in Private Associations
6 Private Associations and Human ResourcesThe Rich and the TalentedPolitical Associations
7 The Civic Aspirations of Private AssociationsThe Public Relations of Private AssociationsPublic RecognitionCivic Virtues and Association VirtuesCorporate Endorsements and the Rhodian Monumental OrderAssociations as Civil Society
8 The Corporate Polis
BibliographyIndex
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.08.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Approaches to Ancient Greek Institutional History |
| Zusatzinfo | 9 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 436 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-5255-8 / 1474452558 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-5255-7 / 9781474452557 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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