Josiah Ober
Markos & Eleni Kounalakis Chair in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor of Classics and, by courtesy, of Philosophy
Bio
Josiah Ober, the Constantine Mitsotakis Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences, specializes in the areas of ancient and modern political theory and historical institutionalism. His primary appointment is in Political Science; he holds a secondary appointment in the Classics and courtesy appointments in Philosophy and the Hoover Institution. His most recent books are The Greeks and the Rational: The discovery of practical reason (University of CaliforniaPress 2022) and Demopolis: Democracy before liberalism in theory and practice Cambridge University Press 2017). His ongoing work focuses on rationality (ancient and modern), the theory and practice of democracy, and the politics of knowledge and innovation, Recent articles and working papers address AI ethics, socio-political systems, economic growth and inequality, the relationship between democracy and dignity, and the aggregation of expertise.
He is author or co-author of about 100 articles and chapters (many available on his Academia.edu page) and several other books, including Fortress Attica (1985), Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (1989), The Athenian Revolution (1996), Political Dissent in Democratic Athens (1998), Athenian Legacies 2005), Democracy and Knowledge (2008), and The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece (2015). He has held residential fellowships at the National Humanities Center, Center for Hellenic Studies, Univ. of New England (Australia), Clare Hall (Cambridge), Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences , and Univ. of Sydney; research fellowships from the ACLS, NEH, and Guggenheim; and has been a visiting professor at University of Michigan, Paris I-Sorbonne, UC-Irvine, and UC-Berkeley. Before coming to Stanford he taught at Montana State University (1980-1990) and Princeton University (1990-2006).
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Political Science
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Hoover Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
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Professor, Classics
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Professor (By courtesy), Philosophy
Administrative Appointments
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Sather Visiting Professor in Classics, University of California, Berkeley (2019 - 2020)
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Visiting Fellow, Australian National University/University of Canberra (2018 - 2018)
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Leventis Visiting Research Professor, Edinburgh University (2015 - 2015)
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Seeley Lectures in Political Thought and Its History, Cambridge University (2015 - 2015)
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Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School of Classics, St Andrews University (2014 - 2014)
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Chairman, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2010 - 2013)
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Inaugural Lecture in Humanities and Social Science, Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009 - 2009)
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Lee Lecture in Political Science and Government, All Souls College Oxford University (2008 - 2008)
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Balmuth Lectures, Tufts University (2007 - 2007)
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Constantine Mitsotakis Professor in Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2006 - Present)
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Professor of Classics, Stanford University (2006 - Present)
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Professor of Philosophy by courtesy., Stanford University (2006 - Present)
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Professor of Political Science, Stanford University (2006 - Present)
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Visiting Fellow, University of Sydney (2006 - 2006)
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Affliate, Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University (2005 - Present)
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Affiliated faculty, Department of Politics, Princeton University (2005 - 2006)
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Senior Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington DC) (2004 - 2009)
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Fellowship (residential), Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences (2004 - 2005)
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Wesson Lectures in Problems of Democracy, Stanford University (2004 - 2004)
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Paul H. Nitze Senior Fellow, St. Mary’s College (Maryland) (2003 - 2004)
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Biggs Resident in Classics, Washington University in St. Louis (2003 - 2003)
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Professsor of Human Values, Princeton University (2001 - 2006)
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Nichols Visiting Professor in Humanities and the Public Sphere, University of California at Irvine (2001 - 2001)
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Professeur invité, Centre de recherche Gustave Glotz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne (2000 - 2000)
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Fellowship for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities (1997 - 1997)
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Visiting Fellowship, Clare Hall, Cambridge University (1997 - 1997)
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Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1996 - 1997)
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Charles Beebe Martin Classical Lecturer, Oberlin College (1994 - 1994)
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David Magie '97 Class of 1897 Professor of Classics, Princeton University (1993 - 2006)
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Chairman, Department of Classics, Princeton University (1993 - 2000)
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Visiting Fellow, University of New England, Australia (1991 - 1991)
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Professor of Classics, Princeton University (1990 - 2006)
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Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (1989 - 1990)
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Michigan (1986 - 1987)
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Fellowship (residential), National Humanities Center (1983 - 1984)
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Fellowship for Recent Ph.D's, American Council of Learned Societies (1981 - 1981)
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Assistant Professor to Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University (1980 - 1990)
Honors & Awards
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Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (2016)
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Leventis Visiting Research Professor, University of Edinburgh (2015)
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Seeley Lecturer in Political Thought and Its History, Cambridge University (2015)
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Townsend Lectures in Classics, Cornell University (2014)
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Katz Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities, University of Washington (2013)
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Shortlisted for Hessell-Titman Prize, English PEN (2010)
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Ten best books in history, The Independent (2010)
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PROSE Award, Best Book in Classics and Ancient History, Association of Academic Publishers (2008)
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Theodore Hesburgh Award, TIAA-CREF Institute (2004)
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Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1996-97)
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Charles Goodwin Award, American Philological Association (1989)
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Wiley Award for Meritorious Research, Montana State University (1989)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Board of Trustees, Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2015 - 2017)
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President, American Philological Association (2009 - 2009)
Program Affiliations
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Center for Human Rights and International Justice
Professional Education
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B.A, University of Minnesota, History (1975)
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Ph.D., University of Michigan, History (1980)
2024-25 Courses
- Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought
CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A (Win) - Thucydides: Power, Politics, War
CLASSICS 334A, POLISCI 334A (Win) -
Independent Studies (7)
- Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory
POLISCI 239 (Aut, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory
POLISCI 339 (Spr) - Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
CLASSICS 298 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Readings (Undergraduate)
CLASSICS 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Dissertation Proposal Preparation
CLASSICS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Honors Thesis
URBANST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Undergraduate Thesis: Senior Research
CLASSICS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought
CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A (Win) - Democracy Ancient and Modern: From Politics to Political Theory
CLASSICS 149, CLASSICS 249, PHIL 176J, PHIL 276J, POLISCI 231A, POLISCI 331A (Win)
2022-23 Courses
- Ancient Greek Economic Development
CLASSICS 384A (Win) - Ancient Greek Economic Development
CLASSICS 384B (Spr) - Ancient Greek Economic Development
POLISCI 430A (Win) - Ancient Greek Economic Development
POLISCI 430B (Spr) - Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought
CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Ancient Greek Rationality, Public and Private
CLASSICS 395, PHIL 338R, POLISCI 238R, POLISCI 438R (Spr) - Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought
CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A (Win) - The Greeks
CLASSICS 83, HISTORY 101 (Win)
- Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
JJ Lugardo -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Simon Luo, Joseph Ruggiero, Ariel Tang -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Nick Gardner, Umit Ozturk -
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Camille DeJarnett -
Doctoral (Program)
Aaron Spikol, Orane Steffann, Michael Thomas
All Publications
- The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason Sather Classical Lectures University of California Press. 2022
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Demopolis. Democracy Before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
Cambridge University Press. 2017
View details for DOI 10.1017/9781108226790
- The Rise and fall of classical greece Princeton University Press. 2015
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Thucydides as a Prospect Theorist
POLIS
2014; 31 (2): 206-232
View details for DOI 10.1163/20512996-12340015
View details for Web of Science ID 000342790800002
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Democracy's Wisdom: An Aristotelian Middle Way for Collective Judgment
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
2013; 107 (1): 104-122
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055412000627
View details for Web of Science ID 000315340600006
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Democracy's Dignity
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
2012; 106 (4): 827-846
View details for DOI 10.1017/S000305541200038X
View details for Web of Science ID 000311519300008
- Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens Princeton University Press, Princeton. 2010
- Wealthy Hellas TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 2010; 140: 241-286
- The Original Meaning of ‘Democracy’: Capacity to Do Things, not Majority Rule. CONSTELLATIONS 2008; 15 (1): 3-9
- Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule Princeton University Press: Princeton. 1998
- Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People Princeton University Press: Princeton. 1989
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Θ-Learning: An Algorithm for the Self-Organisation of Collective Self-Governance
IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 2023: 97-106
View details for DOI 10.1109/ACSOS58161.2023.00027
View details for Web of Science ID 001122711700011
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Human Flourishing, Servitude, and Why They Are Incompatible
IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE
2022; 41 (2): 24-29
View details for DOI 10.1109/MTS.2022.3173332
View details for Web of Science ID 000811573500012
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Democracy Against Liberalism: Its Rise and Fall (Book Review)
PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS
2022; 20 (1): 302-303
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1537592721003327
View details for Web of Science ID 000766288600043
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INEQUALITY
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT GREEK ECONOMY
2022: 404-420
View details for Web of Science ID 000952013000027
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The Realness of Things Past: Ancient Greece and Ontological History (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2020; 125 (4): 1360–63
View details for Web of Science ID 000607855900025
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Algorithmic Reflexive Governance for Socio-Techno-Ecological Systems
IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE
2020; 39 (2): 52–59
View details for DOI 10.1109/MTS.2020.2991500
View details for Web of Science ID 000543713100010
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Fortifications and Democracy in the Ancient Greek World
POLITICAL THEORY AND ARCHITECTURE
2020: 39-58
View details for Web of Science ID 000637928400003
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Is development uniquely modern? Ancient Athens on the doorstep
PUBLIC CHOICE
2019; 181 (1-2): 29–47
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11127-018-00632-w
View details for Web of Science ID 000463617600004
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A Response to the Comments of Mansbridge, Cammack, McCormick, and Urbinati on Demopolis: Democracy Before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
POLIS
2019; 36 (3): 555–64
View details for DOI 10.1163/20512996-12340252
View details for Web of Science ID 000491223500010
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Knowledge Management for Self-Organised Resource Allocation
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUTONOMOUS AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
2019; 14 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1145/3337796
View details for Web of Science ID 000488617500001
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In Search of Democracy 4.0 Is Democracy as We Know It Destined to Die?
IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE
2019; 38 (1): 32–42
View details for DOI 10.1109/MTS.2019.2894458
View details for Web of Science ID 000461243200006
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What Did 'Democracy' Mean to Greek Democrats?
PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC ISSUES
2019; 9 (2): 85–94
View details for Web of Science ID 000503733700007
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Relevant Expertise Aggregation for Policy Selection in Collective Adaptive Systems
IEEE. 2018: 136–41
View details for DOI 10.1109/FAS-W.2018.00038
View details for Web of Science ID 000469065900027
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Democracy by Design: Basic Democracy and the Self-Organisation of Collective Governance
IEEE. 2018: 20–29
View details for DOI 10.1109/SASO.2018.00013
View details for Web of Science ID 000459885200003
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Equality, legitimacy, interests, and preferences: historical notes on Quadratic Voting in a political context
PUBLIC CHOICE
2017; 172 (1-2): 223-232
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11127-017-0409-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000403782200010
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Knowledge Management Processes and Design Principles for Self-Governing Socio-Technical Systems
IEEE. 2017: 97–102
View details for DOI 10.1109/FAS-W.2017.127
View details for Web of Science ID 000426936100016
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Basic Democracy
DEMOPOLIS: DEMOCRACY BEFORE LIBERALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
2017: 1-17
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Mass and elite revisited
ROUTLEDGE. 2017: 1-+
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Joseph Schumpeter's Caesarist Democracy
CRITICAL REVIEW
2017; 29 (4): 473–91
View details for DOI 10.1080/08913811.2017.1394059
View details for Web of Science ID 000433436600003
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Development and Political Theory in Classical Athens
POLIS
2016; 33 (1): 71-91
View details for DOI 10.1163/20512996-12340074
View details for Web of Science ID 000385268300005
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The Trial of Socrates as a Political Trial Explaining 399 BCE
POLITICAL TRIALS IN THEORY AND HISTORY
2016: 65-87
View details for Web of Science ID 000445544000002
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Political Knowledge and Right-Sizing Government
CRITICAL REVIEW
2015; 27 (3-4): 362-374
View details for DOI 10.1080/08913811.2015.1111687
View details for Web of Science ID 000370871400007
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Classicists in Conversation: Interview Series
HIRUNDO-MCGILL JOURNAL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES
2014; 13: 89-105
View details for Web of Science ID 000410267200011
- The Debate over Civic Education in Classical Athens Living Education eMagazine 2013; 5
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The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF HELLENIC STUDIES
2013; 133: 184-185
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0075426913000323
View details for Web of Science ID 000339662500032
- La compétition, l’action collective et le problème du savoir utile. Mise en commun de l’information et convergence de l’action. Règles codifiées et publicité) et réponse à Charles Girard, Paulin Ismard et Vincent Azoulay Le savoir public edited by Macé, A. Besançon. 2013: 383–475, 495–499
- Models and Paradigms in Ancient History Unioeste 2013
- Epistemic democracy in classical Athens: Sophistication, diversity, innovation Collective Wisdom: Principles and Mechanisms edited by Elster, J., Landemore, H. Cambridge University Press. 2012: 118–147
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Truth at the Door of Public Reason: Response to Cohen and Estlund
TRUTH AND DEMOCRACY
2012: 272-278
View details for Web of Science ID 000301678800019
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Epistemic Democracy in Classical Athens Sophistication, Diversity, and Innovation
COLLECTIVE WISDOM: PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISMS
2012: 118-147
View details for Web of Science ID 000321433200007
- The Original Meaning of ‘Democracy’: Capacity to Do Things, not Majority Rule Politics and Law: China and the World SDX Joint Publishing Company: Beijing. 2012
- The Original Meaning of ‘Democracy’: Capacity to Do Things, not Majority Rule Revista do Instituto de Hermenêutica Jurídica 2012
- Truth at the door of public reason. Response to Cohen and Estlund Truth and Democratic Politics. edited by Elkins, J., Norris, A. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2012: 272–278
- The Original Meaning of ‘Democracy’: Capacity to Do Things, not Majority Rule Peking University Law Review 2012
- Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece Milan: Edizioni Ariele. 2011
- Comparing Democracies: A Spatial Method with Reference to Ancient Athens Cleisthène et Lycurgue d’Athènes: Autour du politique dans la cité classique edited by Azoulay, V., Ismard, P. Editions du Sorbonne, Paris. 2011
- The instrumental value of others and institutional change: An Athenian case study Valuing Others in Classical Antiquity edited by Sluiter, L., Johnson, R. Leiden: Brill. 2010: 56–78
- Thucydides on Athens’ democratic advantage in the Archidaman War War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens edited by Pritchard, D. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2010: 65–87
- Socrates and democratic Athens Cambridge Companion to Socrates edited by Morrison, D. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2010: 136–175
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What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship (Book Review)
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
2009; 15 (3): 501-501
View details for DOI 10.1215/0961754X-2009-025
View details for Web of Science ID 000269330700013
- Democracy, Knowledge, and Public Action in Classical Athens Athens-Sparta: Contributions to the History and Archaeology and of the Two City-States New York: Onassis Foundation. 2009: 66–73
- Can we learn from Athenian democracy? Applied Classics: Comparisons, Constructs, Controversies edited by Kuhn, C., Chaniotis, A. Stuttgart: Springer Verlag. 2009: 207–230
- Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek Political Theory A Companion to Ancient Political Thought edited by Balot, R. Oxford: Blackwell. 2009: 70–84
- Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule Korunk 2009
- After Cultural Studies: When the State Has Not Withered Away Republics of Letters: A Journal for the Study of Knowledge, Politics, and the Arts 2009; 1 (1)
- Thucydides Theôrêtikos/Thucydides Histôr: Realist Theory and the Challenge of History Oxford Readings in Thucydides edited by Rusten, J. Oxford. 2009: 434–478
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The Original Meaning of "Democracy": Capacity to Do Things, not Majority Rule
CONSTELLATIONS-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY
2008; 15 (1): 3-9
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8675.2008.00471.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000211349600001
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What the ancient Greeks can tell us about democracy
ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2008; 11: 67-91
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.112006.143750
View details for Web of Science ID 000257149100004
- Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 2008
- Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens Princeton University Press. 2008
- Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece University of Calfornia Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles. 2008
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Toward open access in ancient studies - The Princeton-Stanford Working Papers in Classics
HESPERIA
2007; 76 (1): 229-242
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"I Besieged That Man" Democracy's Revolutionary Start
ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY IN ANCIENT GREECE
2007: 83-104
View details for Web of Science ID 000296191600004
- Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together Princeton University Press, Princeton. 2007
- Democratic Athens as an Experimental System. History and the Project of Political Theory Science Without Laws: Model Systems, Cases and Exemplary Narratives edited by Creager, A. Duke University Press. 2007: 225–242
- I Besieged that Man.' Democracy's Revolutionary Start Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece University of Calfornia Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles. 2007: 83–104
- Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People Oxford Readings in Attic Orators 2007
- Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved edited by Macedo, S., Ober, J. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2007
- Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece University of Calfornia Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles. 2007
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Natural capacities and democracy as a good-in-itself
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
2007; 132 (1): 59-73
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11098-006-9053-0
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FROM EPISTEMIC DIVERSITY TO COMMON KNOWLEDGE: RATIONAL RITUALS AND COOPERATION IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS
EPISTEME-A JOURNAL OF INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY
2006; 3 (3): 214-233
View details for DOI 10.3366/epi.2006.3.3.214
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- Solon and the Horoi Solon: New Historical and Philological Perpectives edited by Blok, J., Lardinois, A. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 2006: 441–456
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PRIMATES AND PHILOSOPHERS How Morality Evolved Introduction
PRIMATES AND PHILOSOPHERS: HOW MORALITY EVOLVED
2006: IX-+
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- Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved edited by Macedo, S., Ober, J. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2006
- Thucydides and the Invention of Politial Science Brill Companion to Thucydides E.J. Brill: Leiden. 2006: 131–159
- Law and Political Theory Cambridge Companion to Greek Law edited by Gagarin, M., Cohen, D. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2005: 394–411
- Aristotle’s Natural Democracy Aristotle’s Politics: Critical Essays edited by Kraut, R., Skultety, S. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield. 2005: 223–243
- Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together Princeton University Press, Princeton. 2005
- Democracy, Knowledge, and Moral Change (A Response to Euben and Lebow) HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: THE BULLETIN OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2005; 6 (6): 26-28
- A Judicious Study of Discernible Reality POLIS 2005; 22 (2)
- A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders about Building Great Organizations Istanbul: Kapital Medya. 2005
- I, Socrates… The Performative Audacity of Isocrates’ Antidosis Isocrates and Civic Education edited by Poulakos, T., Depew, D. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2004: 21–43
- The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 B.C.E: Violence, Authority, and the Origins of Democracy Athenian Democracy edited by Rhodes, P. J. Edinburgh U.P. 2004
- The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 B.C.E: Violence, Authority, and the Origins of Democracy Ancient Greek Democracy: Readings and Sources edited by Robinson, E. W. Blackwell. 2004
- Oratory and Power in Democratic Athens: Demosthenes 21, Against Meidias Ancient Greek Democracy: Readings and Sources edited by Robinson, E. W. Blackwell. 2004
- Classical Athenian Democracy and Democracy Today: Culture, Knowledge, Power The Promotion of Knowledge: Essays to Mark the Centenary of the British Academy, 1902-2002 edited by Morrill, J. 2004: 145–161
- Mazes kai Elit stê Dêmokratikê Athêna Polytropon: Athens. 2003
- Postscript: Culture, Thin Coherence, and the Persistence of Politics The Cultures within Greek Culture edited by Dougherty, C., Kurke, L. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2003: 237–255
- A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders about Building Great Organizations Harvard Business School Press: Boston. 2003
- Tyrant-killing as Therapeutic Stasis: A Political Debate in Images and Texts Popular Tyranny: Sovereignty and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece edited by Morgan, K. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2003: 215–250
- The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. Reacting to the Past Series Pearson Custom Publishing: New York. 2003
- A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders about Building Great Organizations Athens: Klidarithmos. 2003
- Conditions for Athenian Democracy The Making and Unmaking of Democracy: Lesssons from History and World Politics edited by Rabb, T., Suleiman, E. London and New York: Routledge. 2002: 2–21
- History, Philosophy, and Democracy POLIS 2002; 19: 145-156
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Social science history, cultural history, and the amnesty of 403.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, VOL 132
2002; 132 (1-2): 127-137
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- Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People Princeton University Press: Princeton. 2002
- Thucydides Theôrêtikos/Thucydides Histôr: Realist Theory and the Challenge of History Democracy and War: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War edited by McCann, D. R., Strauss, B. S. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M.E. Sharpe. 2001: 273–306
- Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule Princeton University Press: Princeton. 2001
- The Debate over Civic Education in Classical Athens Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity edited by Too, Y. L. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 2001: 273–305
- Political Conflicts, Political debates, and Political Thought The Shorter Oxford History of Europe I: Classical Greece edited by Osborne, R. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2000: 111–138
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Quasi-rights: Participatory citizenship and negative liberties in democratic Athens
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY & POLICY
2000; 17 (1): 27-61
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- The Orators The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought edited by Rowe, C., Schofield, M. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2000: 131–141
- Living Freely as a Slave of the Law: Notes on Why Socrates Lives in Athens Polis and Politics: Studies in Greek History edited by Flensted-Jensen, P., Nielsen, T. H., Rubinstein, L. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. 2000: 541–552
- Quasi-Rights: Participatory Citizenship and Negative Liberties in Democratic Athens Democracy edited by Paul, E. F., Millar, F. D., Paul, J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,. 2000: 27–61
- The Athenian Revolution. Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory Princeton University Press: Princeton. 1999
- Démocratie directe Démocratie edited by Darnton, R., Duhamel, O. Paris: Editions du Rocher. 1998: 145–151
- Revolution Matters: Democracy as Demotic Action (Response to Kurt Raaflaub) Democracy 2500? Questions and Challenges edited by Raaflaud, K., Morris, I. 1998: 67–85
- The Athenian Revolution. Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory Princeton University Press: Princeton. 1996
- Demokratia: A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern edited by Ober, J., Hedrick, C. Princeton University Press: Princeton. 1996
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Responsible popularization + Classics: An introduction
CLASSICAL BULLETIN
1996; 72 (2): 85-91
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- Greek Horoi: Artifactual Texts and the Contingency of Meaning Methods in the Mediterranean: Historical and Archaeological Views of Texts and Archaeology edited by Small, D. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1995: 91–123
- Classical Greek Times The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World edited by Howard, M., Andreopouloa, G., Shulman, M. R. New Haven: Yale U.P.. 1994: 12–26, 227–230
- Athenian Political Thought and the Reconstruction of American Democracy edited by Euben, J. P., Wallach, J., Ober, J. Cornell University Press: Ithaca. 1994
- How to Criticize Democracy Athenian Political Thought edited by Euben, P., Wallach, J., Ober, J. Ithaca: Cornell U.P.. 1994: 149–171
- Civic Ideology and Counterhegemonic Discourse: Thucydides on the Sicilian Debate Athenian Identity and Civic Identity edited by Boegehold, A. L., Scafuro, A. C. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. 1994: 102–126
- Oratory and Power in Democratic Athens: Demosthenes 21, Against Meidias Persuasion: Greek Rhetoric in Action edited by Worthington, I. London and New York: Routledge. 1994: 85–108
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PUBLIC SPEECH AND THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS
PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS
1993; 26 (3): 481-486
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- The Birth of Democracy edited by Ober, J., Hedrick, C. American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Princeton. 1993
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THE NATURE OF ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY + CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON HANSEN,MOGENS,HERMAN THE 'ATHENIAN ASSEMBLY IN THE AGE OF DEMOSTHENES'
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
1989; 84 (4): 322-334
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DEFENSE OF THE ATHENIAN LAND FRONTIER 404-322-BC, A REPLY
PHOENIX-THE JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
1989; 43 (4): 294-301
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EARLY ARTILLERY TOWERS - MESSENIA, BOIOTIA, ATTICA, MEGARID
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
1987; 91 (4): 569-604
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POTTERY AND MISCELLANEOUS ARTIFACTS FROM FORTIFIED SITES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ATTICA
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1987; 56 (2): 197-?
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- Public Opinion and the Role of Sea Power in Athens, 404-322 B.C Naval History - The Sixth Symposium of the U.S. Naval Academy edited by Masterson, D. M. Wilmington, Delaware. 1987: 26–32
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2 ANCIENT WATCHTOWERS ABOVE AIGOSTHENA IN THE NORTHERN MEGARID
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
1983; 87 (3): 387-?
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CLARKE,EDWARD ANCIENT ROAD TO MARATHON AD 1801
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1982; 51 (4): 453-?
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TIBERIUS AND THE POLITICAL TESTAMENT OF AUGUSTUS
HISTORIA-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ALTE GESCHICHTE
1982; 31 (3): 306-328
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1981; 50 (1): 68-?
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