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Description: Reconstructing the Roman Republic by Karl-J. Hölkeskamp, Henry Heitmann-Gordon The scholars have argued that the Roman Republics political culture was democratic in nature, stressing the role of the sovereign people and their assemblies. The author challenges this view, warning that this trend threatens to become an orthodoxy, and defending that the republic was a Roman, oligarchic and aristocratic political form. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republics political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the sovereign people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Holkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Holkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman Republic. He looks at the ongoing controversy first triggered in the 1980s when the oligarchic orthodoxy was called into question by the idea that the republics political culture was a form of Greek-style democracy, and he considers the important theoretical and methodological advances of the 1960s and 1970s that prepared the ground for this debate. Holkeskamp renews and refines the elitist view, showing how the republic was a unique kind of premodern city-state political culture shaped by a specific variant of a political class.He covers a host of fascinating topics, including the Roman value system; the senatorial aristocracy; competition in war and politics within this aristocracy; and the symbolic language of public rituals and ceremonies, monuments, architecture, and urban topography. Certain to inspire continued debate, Reconstructing the Roman Republic offers fresh approaches to the study of the republic while attesting to the fields enduring vitality. Notes This volume is written in an engaging and dynamic style, and makes an original contribution to ongoing debates within the field. There can be no doubt that Holkeskamp is one of the top scholars working on the Roman Republic. His book represents a summary of the main scholarly questions aired over the last generation or so, as well as a plea for new directions and more dialogue. No equivalent book exists in any language. -- Harriet I. Flower, author of "Roman Republics" Back Cover "This volume is written in an engaging and dynamic style, and makes an original contribution to ongoing debates within the field. There can be no doubt that Hlkeskamp is one of the top scholars working on the Roman Republic. His book represents a summary of the main scholarly questions aired over the last generation or so, as well as a plea for new directions and more dialogue. No equivalent book exists in any language." --Harriet I. Flower, author of Roman Republics Flap "This volume is written in an engaging and dynamic style, and makes an original contribution to ongoing debates within the field. There can be no doubt that H Author Biography Karl-J. Holkeskamp is professor of ancient history at the University of Cologne. He has published extensively on civic society, politics, and law in ancient Greece and the Roman Republic. Table of Contents List of Figures vii Preface to the English Edition ix Preface to the German Edition xiii CHAPTER 1: From Provocation toDiscussion: A Plea for Continuation 1 CHAPTER 2: Reality versus System: Conventional Conceptualizations of aConstitution 12 CHAPTER 3: FromSystem toStructure: New Questions about the Social Framework of Politics 23 CHAPTER 4: FromStructures to Concepts: Problems of (Self-) Conceptualization of an Alien Society 44 CHAPTER 5: FromConcepts toPolitical Culture: The Benefi ts of Theory 53 CHAPTER 6: Between Aristocracy and Democracy: Beyond a Dated Dichotomy 76 CHAPTER 7: Consensus and Consent: Necessary Requirements of a Competitive Culture 98 CHAPTER 8: Symbolic Capital as Social Credit: Locating the Core of the Consensus 107 CHAPTER 9: An End of the Beginning: A New Ancient History and Its Topicality 125 Abbreviations 137 Bibliography 141 Index of Names 181 Index of Subjects 185 Review One of Choices Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 "Students at every level will find this brilliant, lucid, carefully organized synthesis of innovative work on the Late Republic to be an invaluable resource."--Choice "[T]here is a good deal in this book that is useful, sophisticated, and creative."--Benjamin Kelly, Phoenix "For specialists, much of the ground covered will be familiar, although the authors judgments are often shrewd and his power to summarize wide-ranging and often complex issues is nothing short of magisterial. For nonspecialists, H?lkeskamps tour dhorizon delivers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the current state of play in the study of Republican political culture... [A] brief summation cannot do justice to H?lkeskamps nuanced and wide-ranging survey. The notes and bibliography alone are worth the price of the volume."--Nathan Rosenstein, Classical World Promotional This volume is written in an engaging and dynamic style, and makes an original contribution to ongoing debates within the field. There can be no doubt that Holkeskamp is one of the top scholars working on the Roman Republic. His book represents a summary of the main scholarly questions aired over the last generation or so, as well as a plea for new directions and more dialogue. No equivalent book exists in any language. -- Harriet I. Flower, author of "Roman Republics" Prizes Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2010 Review Quote "This volume is written in an engaging and dynamic style, and makes an original contribution to ongoing debates within the field. There can be no doubt that H Details ISBN0691140383 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691140383 ISBN-13 9780691140384 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2010 Short Title RECONSTRUCTING ROMAN EMP-REV/E Edition Description Revised, Update Translator Henry Heitmann-Gordon Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2010-04-11 Translated from English UK Release Date 2010-04-11 NZ Release Date 2010-04-11 US Release Date 2010-04-11 Author Henry Heitmann-Gordon Pages 208 DEWEY 937.02072 Illustrations 4 halftones. 2 line illus. 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