Ancient City-States: A Study of Greek and Roman Worship, Power, and Governance -- Western Tradition Classics and Interpretation

Author: (French) Coquand, translated by Tan Lizhu and others
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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 great figures who would later influence academic and intellectual circles, such as Max Weber from Germany, L. T. Hobhouse from the United Kingdom, José Ortega y Gasset from Spain, and William James, one of the representatives of American pragmatism. These figures 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 untimely in its study of the "patrilineal" system of ancient Greece and Rome. The book 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 discusses ancient "peasant revolutions," and the fifth volume explores the decline of ancient city-state systems.