The volume spans ethical and political topics from a comparison of Plato and Conficicius on the state to modern problems of terrorism. The authors are Anwar Alam, John Blair and Jerusha McCormack, Hans-Christian GĂŒnther, Dominik MĂŒller, Sebastian Scheerer, Harro von Senger and Thomas Alexander SzlezĂĄk.
Hans-Christian GĂŒnther is professor for classics at the Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitĂ€t Freiburg. He has widely published on Greek and Roman philosophy and literature, Byzantine and modern Greek studies. Recently he has been more and more interested in intercultural studies, ethics and international politics.