Josiah Ober
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Josiah Ober

The Markos & Eleni Kounalakis Chair in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis
Professor of Political Science and Classics

Josiah Ober, in the School of Humanities and Science, works on historical institutionalism and political theory, focusing on the political thought and practice of the ancient Greek world and its contemporary relevance. He is the author of a number of books mostly published by Princeton University Press, including Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (1989), Political Dissent in Democratic Athens (2008), Democracy and Knowledge (2008), and The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece (2015). He has also published about 75 articles and chapters, including recent articles in American Political Science Review, Philosophical Studies, Hesperia, Polis, and Transactions of the American Philological Association. His recent work includes a general theory of democracy (Demopolis (2017)) and a study of rational cooperation and useful knowledge in Greek political thought (The Greeks and the Rational (2022)).

 

Research Interest(s)
Research Subfields
Ancient Greek History
Office
Encina West 403
Office Hours
TBA in 403 W Encina, or by appt.