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In The Labor and birth of Politics, Melissa Street introduces the listener to the foundations of Western politics thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then changed it into an empire. Tracing the roots of our politics concepts from Socrates to Plutarch to Cicero, Street reminds us that the labor and birth of politics was a tale as much of individuals as ideas. Scouring the speeches of legal representatives alongside the speculations of philosophers and the reflections of ex-slaves next to the popular comedies and tragedies of the Greek and Roman periods, this book brings ancient suggestions to life in unexpected ways. Street shows how the Greeks and Romans identified politics with distinctive concepts, vocabulary, and techniques - all of which continue to affect politics and politics aspirations about the world today. She targets eight politics ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially important today: justice, virtue, constitution, democracy, citizenship, cosmopolitanism, republic, and sovereignty. Street also describes how the ancient formulations of the ideas often issue widely organised modern assumptions - for example, that it's possible to have politics equality despite great economic inequality or that politics regimes can be indifferent to the moral identity of their citizens. A stimulating launch to the roots of our politics ideas and ideals, The Labor and birth of Politics shows how much we still have to study from the politics genius of the Greeks and Romans.
