Comic democracies from ancient Athens to the American republic /
After recovering these lost chapters of our democratic past, Comic Democracies concludes with a draft for the future, using the old methods of comedy to envision a modern democracy rooted in the diversity, ingenuity, and power of popular art.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2016.
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ISBN: | 9781421419350 1421419351 |
Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: modern democracies and ancient demokratia
- The ancient history of comedy and demokratia
- Fortune favors the impetuous
- The virtu of imitation
- The pursuit of indolence
- Quixotic governance
- Amending ourselves
- Demokratia at Denshawai
- Conclusion: the futures of comic democracy.