A History of Political Ideas from Antiquity to the Middle Ages From Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Provides A Context For Understanding Today's Super States By Tracing The Origins Of Political Thought From The Earliest Prestates Through Subsequent Eras, Including The Philosophers And Thinkers Of The Greek City-state, Roman Law, And The Christian Gospels; Nemo Further Examines The Influence On Political Organization That Extends From Canon Law And The Influence Of Numerous Christian Thinkers--provided By Publisher. General Introduction : Anthropology And Politics -- Part 1. Ancient Greece. Political Ideas In Greece Before Plato ; Plato ; Aristotle ; Xenophon, Isocrates, Demosthenes ; Political Ideas In The Hellenistic Age : Cynicism, Soicism, Epicurianism -- Part 2. Rome. Roman Law And Western Humanism ; The Historical Context ; Roman Political Institutions ; Private Law ; Political Ideas Under The Roman Republic ; Political Ideas Under The Empire -- Part 3. The Christian West. The Political Ideas Of The Bible ; Christianity And Politics At The Time Of The Roman Empire ; Early Middle Ages (fifth To Eleventh Centuries) ; Feudalism And Sacred Kingship ; The High Middle Ages (eleventh To Thirteenth Centuries) : The Papal Revolution ; Saint Thomas Aquinas ; The End Of The Middle Ages (fourteenth To Fifteenth Centuries) : Toward The Modern Concept Of The State ; Medieval Millenarianism. Philippe Nemo ; Translated By Kenneth Casler. First Published In French As Histoire Des Idées Politiques Dans L'antiquité Et Au Moyen Age, By Philip Nemo, © Presses Universitaires De France, 2007 [first Published In French In 1998; 2007; 2ème édition 2012].--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 639-648) And Index. Preface General Introduction: Anthropology and Politics Prestate Societies. Sacred monarchies of the ancient Near East. The Greek City. Part One: Ancient Greece Chapter 1. Political Ideas in Greece before Plato Homer and Hesiod. From Solon to Cleisthenes. The “Great Generation of the Open Society.” Chapter 2. Plato The Republic. The Statesman. The Laws. Chapter 3. Aristotle Man: A political animal. A theory of slavery. Political economy. A criticism of communism. Forms of government. Laws and decrees. Politics of moderation. Chapter 4. Xenophon, Isocrates, Demosthenes Chapter 5. Political Ideas in the Hellenistic Age: Cynicism, Stoicism, Epicureanism Part Two: Rome Introduction: Roman Law and Western Humanism Chapter 1. The Historical Context The founding of Rome and monarchy. The Republic. High empire: “Principate.” Late empire: “Dominate.” Chapter 2. Roman Political Institutions The magistracies. The people. The senate. The emperor and imperial government. Territorial administration. Social classes. Chapter 3. Private Law The actions of the law. Formulary procedure. Extraordinary procedure. Chapter 4. Political Ideas under the Roman Republic Polybius. Cicero. Lucretius. Chapter 5. Political Ideas under the Empire Virgil. Augustus: Res gestae. The jurists. Seneca. Tacitus. Pliny the Younger. Aelius Aristides. Dio Chrysostom. The Neopythagoreans. Eusebius of Caesarea. Themistius. Synesius. Part Three: The Christian West Introduction to Part Three Preliminary Chapter: The “Political” Ideas of the Bible History of the Hebrew people. “Political” ideas in the Old and New Testaments. Chapter 1. Christianity and Politics at the Time of the Roman Empire The political attitude of the Christians under the Roman Empire. The political doctrine of Augustine. The birth of canon law. Chapter 2. Early Middle Ages (Fifth to Eleventh Centuries) The historical context: “Political Augustinism.” Jonas of Orleans, Agobard of Lyons, Hincmar of Reims. Development of canon law. Chapter 3. Feudalism and Sacred Kingship Feudalism. Royal anointment. The symbols of French monarchy. Chapter 4. The High Middle Ages (Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries): The Papal Revolution The historical context. Papal revolution. The doctrine of the two swords. Chapter 5. Saint Thomas Aquinas Nature and grace. The law. Justice. The state. Chapter 6. The End of the Middle Ages (Fourteenth to Fifteenth Centuries): Toward the Modern Concept of the State The state in abstraction. Secularism. Dante. Marsilius of Padua. William of Ockham. Sovereignty. The French national saga. The rise of absolutism. Representative institutions. Canonist corporate theory. Conciliarism. Chapter 7. Medieval Millenarianism From the Apocalypse to Augustine. Millenarian movements. Millenarian myths and ideologies. Joachim of Flores. The Franciscan “Spiritual Fathers.” The myth of the Emperor of the Last Days. From Taborism to Anabaptism. Selected Works Cited Index