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"Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome's three most important Latin historians - Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus - in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship as well as other classical writers and later political thinkers, this book develops interpretations of the three historians' writings centering on their treatments of liberty, rhetoric, and social and political conflict. Sallust is interpreted as an antagonistic republican, for whom elite conflict serves as an outlet and channel for the antagonisms of political life. Livy is interpreted as a consensualist republican, for whom character and its observation helps to maintain the body politic. Tacitus is interpreted as being centrally concerned with the development of prudence and as a subtle critic of imperial rule"--

Introduction / Daniel Kapust and Gary Remer -- Augustine's reception of Cicero / Brandon Turner -- A medieval Ciceronian: John of Salisbury / Cary Nederman -- More's Utopia and its Ciceronian roots / Gary Remer -- Machiavelli: menace to Societas / Michelle T. Clarke -- Montaigne in the mirror of Cicero / Eric MacPhail -- Thomas Hobbes, Cicero, and the road not taken / Daniel Kapust -- Locke and Cicero on property, labor, and value / Emily C. Nacol -- Smith and Cicero on anger, resentment, and retributive justice / Michelle A. Schwarze -- Burke, Cicero, and the personalization of imperial injustice / Daniel O'Neill --Cicero's legacy in contemporary political thought / Dean Hammer.

This book explores comparative political theory through the study of a range of places and periods with contributions from a diverse group of scholars. The volume builds on recent work in political theory, seeking to focus scholarly attention on non-Western thought in order to contribute to both political theory and our understanding of the modern globalized world. Featuring discussions of international law and imperialism, regions such as South Asia and Latin America, religions such as Buddhism and Islam, along with imperialism and revolution, the volume also includes an overview of comparative political theory. Contributing scholars deploy a variety of methodological and interpretive approaches, ranging from archival research to fieldwork to close studies of texts in the original language. The volume elucidates the pluralism and dissensus that characterizes both cross-national and intra-national political thought