Melissa Lane

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Melissa Lane is a political philosopher and scholar best known for her work on ancient Greek political thought and its relevance to contemporary political theory.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
fieldOfWork Platonic political philosophy ⓘ
ancient Greek political thought ⓘ
environmental political theory ⓘ
history of political thought ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Josiah Ober ⓘ
hasTaughtAt King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
hasWritten Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living ⓘ
Greek and Roman Political Ideas (alternate title of The Birth of Politics) ⓘ
Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman ⓘ
Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind ⓘ
The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter ⓘ
knownFor interpreting Plato’s political philosophy ⓘ
relating ancient political thought to contemporary political theory ⓘ
work on ancient Greek political thought ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest Plato ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
ancient Greek ethics ⓘ
citizenship ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
memberOf Department of Politics at Princeton University ⓘ
University Center for Human Values at Princeton University ⓘ
notableIdea application of ancient virtue ethics to environmental politics ⓘ
notableWork Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living ⓘ
Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind ⓘ
The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter ⓘ
occupation political theorist ⓘ
professor of politics ⓘ
positionHeld Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University ⓘ
Director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University ⓘ
researchFocus reception of ancient political ideas in modern contexts ⓘ
relationship between ethics and politics in classical thought ⓘ

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