Thucydides and Political Order : Concepts of Order and the History of the Peloponnesian War

This book, the first of two monographs exploring Thucydides, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on political order, using the Peloponnesian War to explore the historiography and political development of the ancient world. These scholars analyze the original source material of the Athenian order and interpretations of such material. "The analysis of Thucydides as a joint effort of both ancient historians and political scientists found a welcome audience in the context of Cold War scholars in the 1980s and 1990s. Since the close of the Cold War, however, there has been little in the way of a concentrated scholarship renewing this interdisciplinary dialogue. This book, the first of two monographs exploring Thucydides, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on political order, using the framework of the Peloponnesian War to explore the historiography and political development of the ancient world. Analyzing both the original source material of the Athenian order as well as various interpretations of such material, this book will appeal to historians and political scientists alike in their re-examinations of Thucydides and his world"-- Provided by publisher Thucydides’ History Of The Peloponnesian War Is Considered In Both History And Political Science As A Text Of Fundamental Disciplinary Relevance. However, Neither Discipline Takes The Other Discipline Into Account During Debates About Thucydides. This Collection Addresses This Inter-disciplinary Gap, Asking How Can And Should The Two Disciplines Approach Thucydides In The 21st Century. This Collection Gives The Reader An Overview Of Recent Scholarly Work, Interests, And Developments In Both Disciplines With Regard To Thucydides. It Also Establishes The Question Of “political Order” As A Common Theme In Relation To Thucydides For Historians And Political Scientists Alike And Identifies A Common Research Agenda For Future Scholarly Work On Thucydides Across The Disciplines. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Thucydides and Political Order....Pages 3-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Contextualism and Universalism in Thucydidean Thought....Pages 23-40 It’s Time for History! Thucydides in International Relations: Toward a Post-”Westphalian” Reading of a Pre-“Westphalian” Author....Pages 41-58 archē in Herodotus and Thucydides....Pages 59-85 Turannis in the Work of Thucydides....Pages 87-109 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Beneath Politics: Thucydides on the Body as the Ground and Limit of the Political Regime....Pages 113-127 The “Rule of the Sea”: Thucydidean Concept or Periclean Utopia?....Pages 129-149 Civic Trust in Thucydides’s History....Pages 151-173 Back Matter....Pages 175-201 This book, the second of two monographs, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on Thucydides' legacy to the political process. It also includes a careful examination of the usefulness and efficacy of the interdisciplinary approach to political order in the ancient world and proposes new paths for the future study.