This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. This extensive conversation includes topics such as the serendipitous factors that led him to study the classical world, the insights that examining rhetoric provide about ancient Athenian society, and how social media might help us fruitfully recreate aspects of the past. Through an engaging dialogue format Josiah Ober discusses his insights that the ancient Athenians didn’t just happen to stumble upon the idea of democracy—they somehow managed to make it work in practice for the better part of 200 years, all the while facing many of the same divisive societal pressures that we are currently grappling with.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Back to the Future, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Cutting One’s Wisdom Teeth - How a girlfriend’s dental work leads to Thucydides II. Digging Deeper - Contrasting wars and lurking contradictions III. Battling Iron Laws - Athenian democracy as a counterexample IV. Feet to the Fire? - Using new and old media to keep politicians on point V. Why Athens? - Addressing elite capture and economic and political equality VI. Dissent - Critiquing our system or our values VII. Enter Aristotle - The perils of being a cat in a box VIII. Increasing Eudaimonia - Improving democracy IX. Dignity - An essential ingredient of a flourishing democracy X. Keeping It Real - Engaging the general public with scholarly insights
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Howard Burton
Howard Burton, the founder and creator of Ideas On Film, holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. Howard was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His experiences at developing PI's research and outreach mandates were described in his book, First Principles: Building Perimeter Institute, featuring a foreword by Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose.
For his award-winning initiative Ideas Roadshow, Howard has hosted and filmed in-depth conversations with more than 100 world-leading experts, including 3 Nobel Laureates. Ideas Roadshow conversations reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research while providing behind-the-scenes insights into the world of frontline researchers.
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