Josiah Ober
Autor de Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
Sobre El Autor
Josiah Ober is the Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. His books include Athenian Legacies, Political Dissent in Democratic Athens, and Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (all Princeton).
Obras de Josiah Ober
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People (1989) 78 copias
The Anatomy of Error: Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists (1990) 75 copias
Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice (The Seeley Lectures) (2017) 28 copias
The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason (Volume 76) (Sather Classical Lectures) (2022) 17 copias
A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations (2003) 16 copias
The Craft of th Ancient Historian: Essays in Honor of Chester G. Starr — Editor — 1 copia
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MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1991 (1991) — Co-Author "Amazons" — 16 copias
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Popular Tyranny: Sovereignty and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece (2003) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
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The Cultures within Ancient Greek Culture: Contact, Conflict, Collaboration (2003) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War (East Gate Book) (2000) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Aristotle's Politics: Critical Essays (Critical Essays on the Classics) (2005) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Solon of Athens: New Historical and Philological Approaches (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)… (2006) — Contribuidor — 4 copias
Law and Transaction Costs in the Ancient Economy (Law and Society in the Ancient World) (2015) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Democracy 2500?: Questions and Challenges (Colloquia and Conference Papers, No. 2) (1997) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Ober, Josiah
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1953-02-27
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Educación
- University of Michigan
University of Minnesota - Ocupaciones
- Professor of Political Science and Classics
- Organizaciones
- Stanford University
Princeton University
Montana State University - Premios y honores
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Biografía breve
- Josiah Ober, formerly the David Magie '97 Class of 1897 Professor of Classics at Princeton University, is the Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. In addition to his ongoing work on knowledge and innovation in democratic Athens, he is interested in the relationship between democracy as a natural human capacity and its association with moral responsibility. [adapted from Primates and Philosophers (2006)]
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- 3.6
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As a fan of ancient history familiar with each of the battles described, I could easily follow the rather cursory summaries provided. Perhaps this would be a bit more difficult for those with no background into the subject matter.
The book flows well and objectively described the various encounters. Further, the authors' analysis of the strategic errors are interesting and rarely found standard battle narratives.… (más)