Thucydides on international law and political theory Iacovos Kareklas.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham Lexington Books, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 188 pages)ISBN: 9781498599597; 1498599591Subject(s): Thucydides -- Influence | Thucydides | Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C | Greece | To 1500 | International law -- History -- To 1500 | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | International law | Politics and governmentGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | History. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 341 LOC classification: KL4384.2 | .K37 2020Online resources: EBSCOhostIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Thucydidean Political Realism -- Grounds of War in Classical Greek International Law and Causes of War in Thucydides -- The Origins of Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict in Thucydides -- Law of Treaties -- Personalities in Thucydides -- The funeral oration of Pericles -- Political Intelligence in the War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians -- Strategy in the Peloponnesian War and Modern International Politics -- The grand strategy of Sparta -- Greek religion in the Politics of the Peloponnesian War -- Metaphysics in the History of Thucydides and Herodotus -- Epilogue.
"This book of Thucydidean scholarship demonstrates that international law existed in systematic form in classical Greece. Apart from comprising a philological analysis of some pivotal aspects of the history of the Peloponnesian War, the author argues that the work of Thucydides has greatly influenced contemporary international law and politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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