Can the masses be trusted with political power? Is a political elite necessary to run the state? Is majority rule the only way to make decisions in a democracy? There is no pre-modern case study for democracy that is better attested in the evidence, and more thoroughly studied, than Classical Athenian democracy. Professor Mirko Canevaro,… Continue reading “Democracy, consensus and the wisdom of the masses in ancient Athens (and today)”, Prof. Mirko Canevaro, University of Edinburgh