Beyond the Gates of the Polis: Reconfiguring Sociology’s Ancient Inheritance

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-189

  Inglis, David ^a   Robertson, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

globalization; Hellenistic historiography; oikoumene; Polybius; society

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144453703     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: 17412897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X04043932     Document Type: Article

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