{"product_id":"silence-and-democracy-athenian-politics-in-thucydides-history-paperback","title":"Silence and Democracy: Athenian Politics in Thucydides' History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn G. Zumbrunnen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of elites vis-à-vis the mass public in the construction and successful functioning of democracy has long been of central interest to political theorists. In \u003ci\u003eSilence and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, John Zumbrunnen explores this theme in Thucydides' famous history of the Peloponnesian War as a way of focusing our thoughts about this relationship in our own modern democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Periclean Athens, according to Thucydides, \"what was in name a democracy became in actuality rule by the first man.\" This political transformation of Athenian political life raises the question of how to interpret the silence of the demos. Zumbrunnen distinguishes the \"silence of contending voices\" from the \"collective silence of the demos,\" and finds the latter the more difficult and intriguing problem. It is in the complex interplay of silence, speech, and action that Zumbrunnen teases out the meaning of democracy for Thucydides in both its domestic and international dimensions and shows how we may benefit from the Thucydidean text in thinking about the ways in which the silence of ordinary citizens can enable the domineering machinations of political elites in America and elsewhere today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Zumbrunnen is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107588542544,"sku":"9780271033587","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/NVpwVjVVcWMvMEkvVWFVdFlILzMvdz09.webp?v=1772387898","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/silence-and-democracy-athenian-politics-in-thucydides-history-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}