Ancient Political Thought Research Articles

Book Review: Antony Black, A World History of Ancient Political Thought: Its Significance and Consequences

Book Review: Antony Black, <i>A World History of Ancient Political Thought: Its Significance and Consequences</i>

Studying Ancient Political Thought Through Ancient Philosophers: The Case of Aristotle and Natural Slavery

This paper examines Aristotle’s view that there are natural slaves, able-bodied people who lack the capacity to deliberate about the good and bad in life, who are ideally suited to be ‘tools of action’ for practically intelligent masters. After reconstructing Aristotle’s reasoning for the view that there are natural slaves in Politics i, and proposing a philosophical motivation for his interest in natural slavery, the paper reflects on what this case suggests about scholarly engagement with the political views of ancient philosophers when these are so contrary to our own.

Opus magnum Grzegorza Leopolda Seidlera

Grzegorz Leopold Seidler, as author 217 publications, the mast important book is Przedmarksowska myśl polityczna (Premarxian Political Thought) with two editions. This book is based on his earlier books such as Myśl polityczna starozytności (Ancient Political Thought), Myśl polityczna średniowiecza (Middle Ages Political Thought) and Myśl polityczna czasow nowozytnych (Modern Times Political Thought). Mentioned above books are authors attempts both present methodology and the history of the political thought from its Eastern beginnings to the times of the influences Marxian political thought, mainly in socialist countries, including Poland. Przedmarksowska myśl polityczna summarise those attempts but with limited authors success. My research has analytical character, devoted to Przedmarksowska myśl polityczna in the light of the many commentators opinions and evaluations – positive and negative. Polish commentators of those book, in they majority, evaluate its as a great, original, complex presentation almost all fundamental issues of the discipline known as Historia doktryn politycznych (The History of the Political Thought), Historia doktryn politycznych i prawnych (The History of the Political and Juridical Thought) or Historia doktryn polityczno-prawnych (The History of the Politically-Juridical Thought). Commentators from abroad of Poland usually were much more critical. I contrast, from many different points of view, book Przedmarksowska myśl polityczna with my book Wspolczesne doktryny polityczne (Contemporary Political Thought).

A World History of Ancient Political Thought (review)

A World History of Ancient Political Thought (review)

In Conversation With Joshua A. Berman, Created Equal: How the Bible Broke With Ancient Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2008).

This contribution emerges out of a session devoted to a critical assessment of the book that took place at the 2009 SBL Annual Meeting. It includes Joshua Berman, “Created Equal: Main Claims and Methodological Assumptions,” Susan Ackerman, “Only Men are Created Equal, ”Norman Gottwald, “Between Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches,” Saul M. Olyan, “Equality and Inequality in the Socio-Political Visions of the Pentateuch’s Sources,” and Joshua Berman, “A Response: Three Points of Methodology”

Created Equal: How the Bible Broke With Ancient Political Thought. By Joshua A. Berman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. xi + 249 pp.

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The Bible's Break with Ancient Political Thought to Promote Equality--'It Ain't Necessarily so'

Joshua Berman's volume, Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought, attempts to situate the Pentateuch in the history of Western political thought more broadly. The point is to get the Bible out from under the hegemony of the narrower analytical and historical questions that we in the guild of biblical scholarship normally ask: questions of dating, of the compositional history of the text, and of its relation to other biblical sources. This review article points out some of the difficulties entailed in Berman's claim that the Pentateuch provides a model of social equality and social inclusion. In addition, some of the inconsistencies in the author's use of Near Eastern sources are pointed out, as are difficulties of the approach to dating biblical sources.

Joshua A Berman, . Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xiv+249 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewJoshua A Berman, . Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xiv+249 pp. $39.95 (cloth).William S. MorrowWilliam S. MorrowQueen’s University. Search for more articles by this author Queen’s University.PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Religion Volume 90, Number 1January 2010 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/649970 Views: 21Total views on this site © 2010 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected]PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought

Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought