Reconstructing the Roman republic
Subtitle: an ancient political culture and modern research
By: Karl-J. Holkeskamp ; translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon, revised, updated, and augmented by the author.
Contributors: Heitmann-Gordon, Henry.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691140384
Subjects: Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C
Work titles: Rekonstruktionen einer Republik.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From 'provocation' to 'discussion' : a plea for continuation; title: 'Reality' versus 'system' : conventional conceptualizations of a 'constitution'; title: From 'system' to 'structure' : new questions about the social framework of politics; title: From 'structures' to 'concepts' : problems of (self-)conceptualization of an alien society; title: From 'concepts' to 'political culture' : the benefits of theory; title: Between 'aristocracy' and 'democracy' : beyond a dated dichotomy; title: Consensus and consent : necessary requirements of a competitive culture; title: Symbolic capital as social credit: locating the core of the consensus; title: An end of the beginning : a new ancient history and its topicality.