Ancient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy," yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece there can be traced not only the ...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 保罗·卡特利奇（Paul Cartledge）是一名英国的古代历史学家和学者。从2008年至2014年，他是剑桥大学A. G. 莱文蒂斯讲席古希腊文化教授，在此之前，他曾是剑桥大学古希腊历史讲席教授。他的主要研究方向是古典时期的雅典和斯巴达。他曾出版过《斯巴达人：一部英雄的史诗》《亚历山大大帝：寻找新的历史》等多部著作。

Ancient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy," yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece there can be traced not only the ...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 保罗·卡特利奇（Paul Cartledge）是一名英国的古代历史学家和学者。从2008年至2014年，他是剑桥大学A. G. 莱文蒂斯讲席古希腊文化教授，在此之前，他曾是剑桥大学古希腊历史讲席教授。他的主要研究方向是古典时期的雅典和斯巴达。他曾出版过《斯巴达人：一部英雄的史诗》《亚历山大大帝：寻找新的历史》等多部著作。

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling...(展开全部)

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 伯纳德•克里克 生于1929年，曾先后就读于伦敦大学学院、伦敦经济学院、哈佛大学等校。1957－1965年先后任伦敦经济学院政治学助理讲师、讲师、高级讲师，1965－1971年任谢菲尔德大学政治理论与制度教授，1971－1984年任伦敦大学伯克贝克学院政治学与社会学教授。2002年获封爵士,2008年逝于爱丁堡。著有《美国的政治学》（1959）、《为政治辩护》（1962，此后多次再版）、《议会改革》（1964）、《乔治•奥威尔传》（1982）、《社会主义》（1987）、《牛津通识读本：民主》（2002）等。