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Polybios von Megalopolis

Staatsdenken zwischen griechischer Poliswelt und römischer Res Publica
Nomos,  2022, 319 Pages, E-Book

ISBN 978-3-8452-9303-5

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englischIn his ‘Histories’, the Greek historian Polybius, a hostage of Rome for about 17 years, pursued the question of ‘how and thanks to what kind of constitution the Romans … [had] subjected nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole government’. His main merit for political science was that he analysed the history of his world under the hermeneutic primacy of constitutional thought, thereby uniting historical empiricism and political theory.

The articles collected in this volume elaborate a multifaceted profile of this political thinker between the world of Greek poleis and the Roman res publica. His main concepts and narratives are thoroughly investigated in terms of themselves as well as their political reception from Polybius’ own time to the 21st century’s High Theory.

 

With contributions by

Frank Daubner, Boris Dreyer, Martin Gronau, Lisa Hau, Felix K. Maier, Stefano Saracino, Philipp Scheibelreiter and Jonas Scherr.

»a rich amalgam of ideas and approaches. [...] This book makes a fine contribution to Polybios-research. Every chapter comes with its own substantial list of literature, so this publication also serves as a starting point for anyone looking for old and new literature on Polybios, the ancient historians and society.«
Christa Steinby, hsozkult.de Januar 2023

»These essays foster a most refreshing and surprising reappraisal of Polybius as being fluid and open-ended; his truths are contingent and provisional; the historian’s knowledge is processual, not in the final analysis teleological. [...] a welcome addition to the festivities.«
CRAIGE B. CHAMPION, Histos 16/2022, XCI-CXI
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