This book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form

This book contains a collection of essays on the notion of “Free Speech” in classical antiquity. The essays examine such concepts as “freedom of speech,�

Proposes a new democratic theory, rooted in activity not consent, and intrinsically related to historical understandings of power and ethics.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m

This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long