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Contents: Introduction; Part I The History of Ancient Greece: In defence of the British constitution: theoretical implications of the debate over Athenian democracy in Britain, 1770-1850; Bishop Connop Thirlwall: historian of ancient Greece; Victorian classicists and modern Greece: a critical commentary on periodical sources. Part II Platonic Studies: Grote on Socrates: an unpublished essay of the 1820s in its context; The development of Platonic studies in Britain and the role of the utilitarians; George Grote and the Platonic revival in Victorian Britain; Socratic dialect and the exaltation of individuality: J.S. Mill's influence on G. Grote's Platonic interpretation; The revival of a legend: the debate over Plato in 19th-century Britain; The sophists, democracy, and modern interpretation; Supplementary bibliography; Index.

The papers in this collection, written by a cross-regional group of experts, provide insights into the causes of declining levels of citizen participation and other distinct forms of civic activism in Europe and explore a range of factors contributing to apathy and eventually disengagement from vital political processes and institutions. At the same time, this volume examines informal or unconventional types of civic engagement and political participation corresponding to the rapid advances in culture, technology and social networking. The volume is divided into three interrelated parts: Part I consists of critical essays in the form of theoretical approaches to analysing weakening political participation and citizen estrangement; Part II is dedicated to an exploration of the role and deployment of technologically advanced media, such as the internet, as determinants of changing patterns of political participationist behaviour. Finally, Part III presents findings of empirical research on the issue of political participation. Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, the book contributes towards a better understanding of the disquieting trend of voter apathy and disenchantment with politics in the context of the ongoing process of European integration, and offers a variety of analytical tools for decoding both the emergence of alternative conceptualizations of citizenship and other forms of meaningful civic and political engagement.

Front Matter -- "Distant Models"? Italian Fascism, National Socialism, and the Lure of the Classics /Helen Roche -- The Aryans: Ideology and Historiographical Narrative Types in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries /Felix Wiedemann -- Desired Bodies: Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia, Aryan Masculinity and the Classical Body /Daniel Wildmann -- Ancient Historians and Fascism: How to React Intellectually to Totalitarianism (or Not) /Dino Piovan -- Philology in Exile: Adorno, Auerbach, and Klemperer /James I. Porter -- Fascist Modernity, Religion, and the Myth of Rome /Jan Nelis -- Bathing in the Spirit of Eternal Rome: The Mostra Augustea della Romanità /Joshua Arthurs -- "May a Ray from Hellas Shine upon Us": Plato in the George-Circle /Stefan Rebenich -- An Antique Echo: Plato and the Nazis /Alan Kim -- Classics and Education in the Third Reich: Die Alten Sprachen and the Nazification of Latin- and Greek-Teaching in Secondary Schools /Helen Roche -- Classical Antiquity, Cinema and Propaganda /Arthur J. Pomeroy -- Classical Archaeology in Nazi Germany /Stefan Altekamp -- Building the Image of Power: Images of Romanità in the Civic Architecture of Fascist Italy /Flavia Marcello -- Forma urbis Mussolinii: Vision and Rhetoric in the Designs for Fascist Rome /Flavia Marcello -- National Socialism, Classicism, and Architecture /Iain Boyd Whyte -- Neoclassical Form and the Construction of Power in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany /James J. Fortuna -- Indexes.

Over the centuries, the question of ""good"" or ""effective"" governance has undergone several transformations and ramifications to fit within certain social, cultural and historical contexts. What defines political knowledge? What is the measure of expert political leadership? Various interpretations, perspectives, and re-conceptualizations emerge as one moves from Plato to the present. This edited book explores the relationship between political expertise, which is defined as ""scientific statesmanship or governance, "" and political leadership throughout the history of ideas. An outstanding

Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction-- Kyriakos N. Demetriou and Antis Loizides 2. The Philosophy of Error and Liberty of Thought: J.S. Mill on Logical Fallacies-- Frederick Rosen 3. J.S. Mill, Romantics' Socrates, and the Public Role of the Intellectual-- Nadia Urbinati 4. The Socratic Origins of J. S. Mill's 'Art of Life'-- Antis Loizides 5. Mill's Greek Ideal of Individuality-- Jonathan Riley 6. Uncelebrated Trouble Maker: J.S. Mill as English Radicalism's Foreign Politics Gadfly-- Georgios Varouxakis 7. The Philosopher in the Agora-- Alan Ryan 8. The Spirit of Athens: George Grote and John Stuart Mill on Classical Republicanism-- Kyriakos N. Demetriou 9. Three Visions of Liberty: John Stuart Mill, Isaiah Berlin, Quentin Skinner-- Giovanni Giorgini 10. Mill through Rawls-- Gregoris Molivas Notes on Contributors Index