Melissa Lane Volgorde van de boeken

Melissa Lane is een filosofe gespecialiseerd in de geschiedenis van het politieke denken en de politieke filosofie. Haar werk onderzoekt hoe oude ideeën moderne politieke theorieën blijven vormen. Lane richt zich op diepgaande analyse van filosofische teksten en hun relevantie voor hedendaagse kwesties. Lezers zullen haar inzichtelijke betrokkenheid bij tijdloze debatten over politiek en maatschappij waarderen.

2023
Of Rule and Office
Plato's Ideas of the Political
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17 uur lezen
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.
2014
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