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
Cambridge University
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
hasWritten Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living
The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter
surface form: 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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Lane hasNotableBearer Melissa Lane