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Josiah Ober

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Josiah Ober is an American historian of ancient Greece and classical political theorist. He is Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor in honor of Constantine Mitsotakis, and professor of classics and political science, at Stanford University. His teaching and research links ancient Greek history and philosophy with modern political theory and practice.

Books

The rise and fall of classical Greece
The rise and fall of classical Greece
Josiah Ober
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Josiah Ober
Democracy and knowledge
Democracy and knowledge
Josiah Ober
The Threshold of Democracy
The Threshold of Democracy
Mark C. Carnes, Josiah Ober, Mark Christopher Carnes, Naomi J. Norman
The Greeks and the Rational
The Greeks and the Rational
Josiah Ober
Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Robert Wallace, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, Robert W. Wallace
Demokratia
Demokratia
Josiah Ober, Charles Hedrick
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens
Josiah Ober
The Threshold of Democracy
The Threshold of Democracy
Mark C. Carnes, Josiah Ober
Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Robert Wallace, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober
Demokratia
Demokratia
Josiah Ober, Charles Hedrick
Athenian Legacies
Athenian Legacies
Josiah Ober
Demopolis
Demopolis
Josiah Ober
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Josiah Ober

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