...Wayne Andersen This essay forms part of an “elegiac symposium” on “what gets lost during paradigm shifts,” and it replies to an earlier contribution to that symposium, “ Regarding Change at Ise-Jingu ” by Jeffrey M. Perl ( 14 , no. 2 [ 2008 ]: 208 -20; DOI 10.1215/0961754X-2007-069 ]) . Andersen...

...? (a creepy but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi...

... claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short...

...? (a creepy but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi...

... for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both...

... democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144 pages of text...

...? (a creepy but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi...

... but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215...

... to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144...

...? (a creepy but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi...

... of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David...

...? (a creepy but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi...

... to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144...

... studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage...

... democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144 pages of text...

... to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144...

... but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215...

... democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144 pages of text...

... democracy. — Josiah Ober doi 10.1215/0961754x-2009-025 David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 320 pp. This “Global History” is an important little book. By “little,” I mean both that it is short, only 144 pages of text...

...? (a creepy but funny send-up of classical studies), Samons portentously asks, “Who killed Socrates?” He fails to ask, “Why did Socrates choose to live in Athens?” The answer points to the value of free- dom, choice, and diversity — even for those who claim to despise democracy. — Josiah Ober doi...