{"product_id":"free-speech-and-democracy-in-ancient-athens-9780521721585","title":"Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form of free speech that was practised by the ancient Athenians in their democratic regime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens is an invigorating work that will be of interest to both classicists and political scientists\/theorists alike.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: four stories; Part I. Introduction: 1. The legacy of free speech; 2. Democratic amnesia; Part II. Aidos: 3. The tale of two gyges: shame, community, and the public\/private self; Part III. Parrhesia: The Practice of Free Speech in Ancient Athens: 4. The practice of free speech; 5. The trial of Socrates; Part IV. The Limits of Free Speech: 6. Truth and tragedy; 7. Thucydides's Assemblies; 8. Protagoras's shame and Socrates's speech; Conclusion: four paradoxes.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767727227223,"sku":"9780521721585","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521721585.jpg?v=1758714579","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/free-speech-and-democracy-in-ancient-athens-9780521721585","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}