Melissa Lane Libros

Melissa Lane es una filósofa especializada en la historia del pensamiento político y la filosofía política. Su obra explora cómo las ideas antiguas continúan dando forma a las teorías políticas modernas. Lane se centra en el análisis profundo de textos filosóficos y su relevancia para cuestiones contemporáneas. Los lectores apreciarán su perspicaz compromiso con debates atemporales sobre política y sociedad.

Of Rule and Office
Plato's Ideas of the Political
480 páginas
17 horas de lectura
Focusing on the concept of political office, Melissa Lane examines its crucial role in Greek politics and political theory, challenging the traditional emphasis on courts and assemblies. She argues that the understanding of politics, particularly in Plato's works, is deeply rooted in the practices of officeholding and accountability. By exploring historical contexts, especially in Athens, Lane highlights how officeholders were constrained by the ruled through elections and oversight, shaping the dynamics of power. This analysis offers new insights into the interplay of ruling, accountability, and the significance of office in both ancient and modern political thought.
Greek and Roman Political Ideas
Where do our ideas about politics come from? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans? How should we exercise power? Melissa Lane teaches politics at Princeton University, and previously taught political thought at the University of Cambridge, where she was a Fellow of King's College. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of classics, and the historian Richard Tuck called her book Eco-Republic 'a virtuoso performance by one of our best scholars of ancient philosophy.'

Of Rule and Office

Greek and Roman Political Ideas