{"product_id":"politics-of-association-in-hellenistic-rhodes","title":"Politics of Association in Hellenistic Rhodes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChristian Thomsen's book offers a new perspective on political organisation in Hellenistic Rhodes and the ancient Greek city-state, challenging traditional assumptions and providing an analysis of political institutions that shaped the political landscape of the island state. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 216 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 July 2020\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA New Perspective on Political Organisation in Hellenistic Rhodes and the Ancient Greek City-State\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study of Rhodes in more than 20 years and one of the few books dedicated to a single Hellenistic city-state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduces the reader to Hellenistic Rhodes, an important, but also remarkably understudied, city-state of the ancient Greek and Roman world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges traditional assumptions about political organization in the ancient Greek city-state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDocuments the existence of an alternative conception of the ancient Greek city-state, which will inspire new approaches to the study of the ancient Greek city-state, politics and society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Thomsen offers a study of political institutions on the island state of Rhodes - an important power in the eastern Mediterranean and the first city of the Hellenistic world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing Aristotle's notion of the \u003cem\u003epolis\u003c\/em\u003e as an \u003cem\u003eassociation of associations\u003c\/em\u003e as its point of departure, Thomsen provides an analysis of political institutions, taking a broader view of what constitutes an institution than traditional studies of the ancient Greek city-state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the institutions surveyed are the family, civic subdivisions such as tribes and demes as well as private associations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe argues that these organisations served as important junctions in the networks of political elites and shaped the political landscape of Hellenistic Rhodes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 436g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 162 x 240 x 19 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781474452557                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christian Thomsen","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44096228393210,"sku":"9781474452557","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/9c1807231aeb65724c1abdeb42ca5e9e.jpg?v=1626317914","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/politics-of-association-in-hellenistic-rhodes","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}