Democracy In Crisis: Lessons from Ancient Athens

Observers of ancient Athens considered democracy to be a precarious form of government and way of life. Plato, Aristotle and Thucydides knew that democracy was imperiled or undermined by economic disparity, plots to overthrow the government, institutional corruption, and rampant suspicion. Demetra Kasimis, Matthew Landauer, John McCormick, and James Sparrow discuss the enduringly relevant insights that classical Greek thinkers have to offer us in these deeply disorienting times.