Ancient City-States: Studies on Greek and Roman Worship, Power, and Governance

Author: (French) Couranger
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book was published in 1864 (the third year of the Tongzhi era, the fourteenth year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom). That year saw the birth of several major figures who would later influence academic thought, such as Max Weber from Germany, L. T. Hobhouse from the United Kingdom, José Ortega y Gasset from Spain, and one of the representatives of American pragmatism, Charles Sanders Peirce. These individuals all indicate that, at that time, European academic thought was advancing in waves toward modernization and aligning with modern "academic norms." Yet this book seems out of place in studying the "patrilineal" system of ancient Greece and Rome. It is divided into five volumes: the first three discuss ancient city-state governance in the order of "faith"—"family"—"city-state," demonstrating that ancient city-state governance was based on religious belief and family systems. The fourth volume explores ancient "peasant revolutions," while the fifth discusses the decline of ancient city-state systems.