Josiah Ober Books
The rise and fall of classical Greece
By Josiah Ober
Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fall. He argues that Greece's rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs a...
Read MoreDemopolis
By Josiah Ober
"What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as collective an...
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By Josiah Ober
"What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as collective an...
Read MoreA Company of Citizens
By Josiah Ober, Brook Manville
"In this provocative book, organizational expert Brook Manville and Princeton classics professor Josiah Ober argue that ancient Athenian democracy provides an ingenious solution to the paradox faci...
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