Workshop
WHEN
November 2-3, 2014
WHERE
Abu Dhabi
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
By Invitation
Interested scholars please contact nyuad.programs@nyu.edu
This workshop invites participants to confront one of the central problems of political philosophy in the ancient world: the legitimation of autocracy. The ideological debates of the Greco-Roman world, the ancient Near East, South Asia, and early China are usually studied separately as distinct cultural phenomena. Yet their intellectuals posed similar questions about the ideal organization of society and the proper role of government. They did so within roughly contemporary historical periods characterized by intense military competition and rulers’ attempts to establish autocratic authority. Bringing these historical and philosophical contexts together helps establish a better framework for comparing ancient societies.
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