{"product_id":"history-after-liberty-thomas-e-strunk-9780472130207","title":"History After Liberty: Tacitus on Tyrants, Sycophants, and Republicans","description":"Roman historian Tacitus wrote a damning critique of the first century CE Roman empire. The emperors in Tacitus' works are almost universally tyrants surrounded by flatterers and informants, and the image Tacitus creates is of a society that has lost the liberty enjoyed under the Roman Republic. Yet Tacitus also poignantly depicts those who resist this tyranny and seek to restore a sense of liberty to Rome. In his portrayal of autocrats, sycophants, and republicans Tacitus provides an enduring testament to the value of liberty and the evils of despotism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory after Liberty \u003c\/i\u003eexplores Tacitus' political thought through his understanding of liberty. Influenced by modern republican writers such as Quentin Skinner and Philip Pettit, this study defines Tacitean \u003ci\u003elibertas \u003c\/i\u003eas the freedom from the rule of a \u003ci\u003edominus \u003c\/i\u003eand as freedom to participate in the traditional politics of Rome through military service, public service in the senate and magistracies, and public speech. All of these elements are balanced in Tacitus' writings with examples of those resisting the corruption of politics in an effort to restore a sense of free civic engagement. The work concludes with an exploration of Tacitus' own writings as an act of restoring liberty. In contrast to most studies on Tacitus, \u003ci\u003eHistory after Liberty \u003c\/i\u003eargues that Tacitus is a republican who writes both to demonstrate that Rome had become a tyranny and to show a way out of that tyranny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory after Liberty \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses the political thought of Tacitus' writings. As such it will be of most interest to those who study the history and historiography of the early Roman empire, namely classicists and ancient historians. The work will also be of use to those interested in the antecedents to modern political thought, particularly the history of republicanism and freedom; readers from this category will include political scientists, philosophers, and modern historians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas E. Strunk,Thomas Strunk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047213020X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472130207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Thomas E. Strunk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086709141759,"sku":"9780472130207","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e94a60fc-e284-47de-9036-3c9c00f98382.jpg?v=1769096120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-after-liberty-thomas-e-strunk-9780472130207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}