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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- Drawing Lots
- EAN
- 9780197753477
- ISBN-10
- 0197753477
- ISBN
- 9780197753477
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Genre
- Law & Politics
- Title
- Drawing Lots
- Subtitle
- From Egalitarianism to Democracy in Ancient Greece
- Release Date
- 08/29/2024
- Release Year
- 2024
- Topic
- Philosophy & Spirituality
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0197753477
ISBN-13
9780197753477
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11063402890
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
536 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Drawing Lots : from Egalitarianism to Democracy in Ancient Greece
Subject
Ancient / Greece, Social History, Legal History, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year
2024
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
32 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2023-049319
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"There's much talk in western democracies about possible uses of the lot -the random allocation of civic resources and of political offices in the interests of equality and justice. In this prodigiously researched monograph, two historians track back to a culture and a political model in which the lot came to be seen as central and fundamental to the world's first democratic regimes. Politicians of today, please note -and act." -- Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge"This book provides new perspectives on the uses of the lot from the time of Homer to the Hellenistic period. Malkin and Blok show that the Greeks used the lot for a wide range of practices, from the distribution of war booty to divination. They argue that the lot epito¬mizes the ancient Greeks' preference for practices that were fair and equitable. Drawing lots thus gains a new significance - and a timely one, given today's interest in randomly selected citizen assemblies to bring a new policy into effect." -- Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan"Drawing Lots was one of the foundations of ancient Greek civic egalitarianism. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the practice. Yet it is more than just that: as well as explain¬ing every detail of Greek sortition and the beliefs behind it, the authors also show just how much modern democracy might be improved by borrowing from this ancient system. This is ancient history at its most relevant." -- Ian Morris, Stanford University"An extraordinary piece of scholarship, this landmark book on the use of lottery in Ancient Greece reshuffles our understanding of the origins of democracy and injects brilliant insights from the past into today's debate on political innovation. Drawing Lots is an incredible tour de force - and an intellectual feast throughout." -- David Van Reybrouck, Bard College, "There's much talk in western democracies about possible uses of the lot -the random allocation of civic resources and of political offices in the interests of equality and justice. In this prodigiously researched monograph, two historians track back to a culture and a political model in which the lot came to be seen as central and fundamental to the world's first democratic regimes. Politicians of today, please note -and act." -- Paul Cartledge, University ofCambridge"This book provides new perspectives on the uses of the lot from the time of Homer to the Hellenistic period. Malkin and Blok show that the Greeks used the lot for a wide range of practices, from the distribution of war booty to divination. They argue that the lot epito¬mizes the ancient Greeks' preference for practices that were fair and equitable. Drawing lots thus gains a new significance - and a timely one, given today's interest in randomlyselected citizen assemblies to bring a new policy into effect." -- Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan"Drawing Lots was one of the foundations of ancient Greek civic egalitarianism. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the practice. Yet it is more than just that: as well as explain¬ing every detail of Greek sortition and the beliefs behind it, the authors also show just how much modern democracy might be improved by borrowing from this ancient system. This is ancient history at its most relevant." -- Ian Morris, Stanford University"An extraordinary piece of scholarship, this landmark book on the use of lottery in Ancient Greece reshuffles our understanding of the origins of democracy and injects brilliant insights from the past into today's debate on political innovation. Drawing Lots is an incredible tour de force - and an intellectual feast throughout." -- David Van Reybrouck, Bard College"Drawing Lots provides an opportunity to rethink the concept of Greek democracy and its legacy in the politics of today." -- Choice, There's much talk in western democracies about possible uses of the lot -the random allocation of civic resources and of political offices in the interests of equality and justice. In this prodigiously researched monograph, two historians track back to a culture and a political model in which the lot came to be seen as central and fundamental to the world's first democratic regimes. Politicians of today, please note -and act., "There's much talk in western democracies about possible uses of the lot -the random allocation of civic resources and of political offices in the interests of equality and justice. In this prodigiously researched monograph, two historians track back to a culture and a political model in which the lot came to be seen as central and fundamental to the world's first democratic regimes. Politicians of today, please note -and act." -- Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge"This book provides new perspectives on the uses of the lot from the time of Homer to the Hellenistic period. Malkin and Blok show that the Greeks used the lot for a wide range of practices, from the distribution of war booty to divination. They argue that the lot epito¬mizes the ancient Greeks' preference for practices that were fair and equitable. Drawing lots thus gains a new significance - and a timely one, given today's interest in randomly selected citizen assemblies to bring a new policy into effect." -- Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan"Drawing Lots was one of the foundations of ancient Greek civic egalitarianism. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the practice. Yet it is more than just that: as well as explain¬ing every detail of Greek sortition and the beliefs behind it, the authors also show just how much modern democracy might be improved by borrowing from this ancient system. This is ancient history at its most relevant." -- Ian Morris, Stanford University"An extraordinary piece of scholarship, this landmark book on the use of lottery in Ancient Greece reshuffles our understanding of the origins of democracy and injects brilliant insights from the past into today's debate on political innovation. Drawing Lots is an incredible tour de force - and an intellectual feast throughout." -- David Van Reybrouck, Bard College"Drawing Lots provides an opportunity to rethink the concept of Greek democracy and its legacy in the politics of today." -- Choice, "There's much talk in western democracies about possible uses of the lot -the random allocation of civic resources and of political offices in the interests of equality and justice. In this prodigiously researched monograph, two historians track back to a culture and a political model in which the lot came to be seen as central and fundamental to the world's first democratic regimes. Politicians of today, please note -and act." -- Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge"This book provides new perspectives on the uses of the lot from the time of Homer to the Hellenistic period. Malkin and Blok show that the Greeks used the lot for a wide range of practices, from the distribution of war booty to divination. They argue that the lot epito¬mizes the ancient Greeks' preference for practices that were fair and equitable. Drawing lots thus gains a new significance - and a timely one, given today's interest in randomly selected citizen assemblies to bring a new policy into effect." -- Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan"Drawing Lots was one of the foundations of ancient Greek civic egalitarianism. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the practice. Yet it is more than just that: as well as explain¬ing every detail of Greek sortition and the beliefs behind it, the authors also show just how much modern democracy might be improved by borrowing from this ancient system. This is ancient history at its most relevant." -- Ian Morris, Stanford University"An extraordinary piece of scholarship, this landmark book on the use of lottery in Ancient Greece reshuffles our understanding of the origins of democracy and injects brilliant insights from the past into today's debate on political innovation. Drawing Lots is an incredible tour de force - and an intellectual feast throughout." -- David Van Reybrouck, Bard College"Drawing Lots provides an opportunity to rethink the concept of Greek democracy and its legacy in the politics of today." -- Choice"This book is undoubtedly a milestone in the analysis of lot-drawing in ancient Greece. It offers a remarkable panorama, both in its exhaustiveness and coherence, of the uses of chance in Archaic and Classical Greece, thus confirming one of the main hypotheses that opens the introduction: lot-drawing was indeed a familiar and everyday tool, widely used in all Greek community practices, including outside the strictly institutional sphere." -- Nina Roux, Scripta Classica Israelica
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
302.30938
Table Of Content
List of abbreviations Preface Introduction Greeks drawing lots: the practice and the mindset of egalitarianism Part I The lottery mindset: religion and society 1. Lotteries divine and human: the world of the Homeric epics 2. When does the lot reflect the will of the gods? Lots, oracles, divination, and the notion of moira 3. Sacrifice and feast: social values and the distribution of meat by lot Part II Equal and fair: inheritance, colonization, and mixture 4. Partible Inheritance by lot 5. Drawing lots on the Athenian stage 6. Founding cities and sharing in the polis: equality, allotment, and civic mixture Part III Drawing lots in polis governance 7. Setting the stage 8. Drawing lots for polis office 9. Drawing lots for governance: a political innovation Part IV Conclusions 10. Conclusions and implications 11. Drawing lots today: fair distribution and a stronger democracy Appendix A Lexicographical survey: lottery practices in the archaic and classical periods Bibliography Index Index locorum
Synopsis
For the first time, this volume by two leading historians offers a comprehensive study of drawing lots as a central institution of ancient Greek society. Drawing lots expressed an egalitarian mindset that guided selection, procedure, and distribution by lot and was eventually introduced for polis governance, a Greek innovation that appears to be of increasing relevance today. The authors explore the egalitarian, "horizonal," mindset expressed in using the lot instead of a top-down vision of authority and sovereignty. Drawing lots presupposed equality among participants deserving equal "portions" and was used for distributing land, inheritance, booty, sacrificial meat, selecting individuals, setting turns, mixing and reorganizing groups, and divining the will of the gods. Lot-oracles were used for divination; otherwise, the gods guarded the justice of the procedure but only rarely determined the outcome. It was a self-evident method broadly and ubiquitously applied. Drawing lots would crystallize community boundaries and emphasize its sovereignty. The book further investigates the transposition of the drawing of lots to the governance of the polis. The implied egalitarianism of the lot often conflicted with top-down perceptions of society and the values of inequality, status, and merit. Drawing lots was introduced into oligarchies and democracies at an uneven pace and scale. Its wide use in the democracy of classical Athens was an exceptional case, eye-catching both in antiquity and today. The book concludes with a discussion about the meaning of the Greek examples for drawing lots today and the increasing interest in using random selection in politics as a possibility for modern democracies around the world. The appendix surveys the Greek vocabulary of lottery practices., This book offers the first comprehensive study of drawing lots as a central, ubiquitous institution of ancient Greek society. Led by an egalitarian mindset, Greeks drew lots as a matter of course to distribute inheritance, booty, sacrificial meat, and lands, to mix groups, select individuals, and set turns. Lot-oracles were used for divination; otherwise, the gods guarded the justice of the procedure but rarely determined the outcome. When drawing lots was gradually applied to polis governance, classical Athens made sortition the basis of the first democracy in human history. A Greek innovation, drawing lots for governance inspires new democratic politics today.
LC Classification Number
HN650.5.Z9S65 2024
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