Author: Mattias Gelzer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: statesman, politician, caesar
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1985-10-15
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 0674090012
ISBN-13: 9780674090019

In 1912 a young scholar published a slim volume investigating the social structure of the late Roman Republic, which was in due course to transform the study of Roman history. The author, Professor Gelzer, went on to hold the Chair of Ancient History at Frankfurt and to become the greatest German-speaking historian of the Roman Republic since Mommsen. In 1921 he published his Caesar, which has by now gone through six editions in Germany and is still the standard account, in any language, of Caesar and his age. It amply fulfills the author’s intent "to give the educated public a lively

Author: Francis Jennings
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: man, mask, politician, franklin, benjamin
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 1996-12-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0393039838
ISBN-13: 9780393039832

Author: Philippe Van Parijs
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: oxford, politician, theory, capitalism, justify, freedom, anything, real
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 1998-01-08
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0198293577
ISBN-13: 9780198293576

Capitalist societies are full of unacceptable inequalities. Freedom is of paramount importance. These two convictions are widely shared across the world, yet they seem to be completely contradictory with each other. Fighting inequality jeopardizes freedom, and taking freedom seriously boosts inequality. Can this conflict be resolved? In this ground-breaking book, Philippe Van Parijs sets out a new and compelling case for a just society. Assessing and rejecting the claims of both socialism and conventional capitalism, he presents a clear and compelling alternative vision of the just society: a