Arguably the foundational text of Western political theory, Aristotle's Politics has become one of the most widely and carefully studied works in ethical and political philosophy. This volume of essays offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work and opens new paths for students and scholars to explore. The contributors embrace a variety of methodological approaches that range across the disciplines of classics, political science, philosophy, and ancient history. Their essays illuminate perennial questions such as the relationship between individual and community, the nature of democratic deliberation, and how to improve political institutions. Offering groundbreaking studies that both set Aristotle within the context of his own time and draw on contemporary discussion of his writings, this collection will provide researchers with an understanding of many of the major scholarly debates surrounding this key text.

Thornton Lockwood, Quinnipiac University, ConnecticutThornton Lockwood is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Quinnipiac University. He has published articles on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics in Phronesis, the Journal of the History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, Ancient Philosophy, Oxford Bibliographies On-line, and The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.

Thanassis Samaras, University of GeorgiaThanassis Samaras is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Plato on Democracy (2002) and Plato, Apology and Crito: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2003). He has published a number of articles on the Pre-Socratics, Sophists, Plato and Aristotle, as well as a contribution to Plato's Laws: A Critical Guide (edited by Christopher Bobonich, 2010).