Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. His narrative of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC is now seen as a highly sophisticated study of the nature of political power itself: its exercise and effects, its agents and victims, and the arguments through which it is defended and deployed. It is therefore increasingly read as a text in politics, international relations and political theory, whose students will find in Thucydides many striking contemporary resonances.
This edition seeks to present the author and the text in their proper historical context. The new translation is particularly sensitive to the risks of anachronism, and the notes and extensive reference material provide students with all the necessary historical, cultural and linguistic background they need to engage with the text on its own terms.
| ISBN: | 9780521847742 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2013 |
| Author: | Thucydides |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 762 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory History of ideas International relations |
Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. His narrative of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC is now seen as a highly sophisticated study of the nature of political power itself: its exercise and effects, its agents and victims, and the arguments through which it is defended and deployed.
Thucydides features in the following genres: Political science and theory, History of ideas, International relations
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Thucydides was written by Thucydides and published by Cambridge University Press
Thucydides has 762 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series
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