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Defining Citizenship in Archaic Greece (Hardcover)
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Defining Citizenship in Archaic Greece (Hardcover)
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Citizenship is a major feature of contemporary national and
international politics, but rather than being a modern phenomenon
it is in fact a legacy of ancient Greece. The concept of membership
of a community and participation in its social and political life
first appeared some three millennia ago, but only towards the end
of the fourth century BC did Aristotle offer the first explicit
statement about it. Though long accepted, this definition remains
deeply rooted in the philosophical and political thought of the
classical period, and probably fails to account accurately for
either the preceding centuries or the dynamics of emergent cities:
as such, historians are now challenging the application of the
Aristotelian model to all Greek cities regardless of chronology,
and are looking instead for alternative ways of conceiving
citizenship and community. Focusing on archaic Greece, this volume
brings together an array of renowned international scholars with
the aim of exploring new routes to archaic Greek citizenship and
constructing a new image of archaic cities, which are no longer to
be considered as primitive or incomplete classical poleis. The
essays collected here have not been tailored to endorse any
specific view, with each contributor bringing his or her own
approach and methodology to bear across a range of specific fields
of enquiry, from law, cults, and military obligations, to
athletics, commensality, and descent. The volume as a whole
exemplifies the living diversity of approaches to archaic Greece
and to the Greek city, combining both breadth and depth of insight
with an opportunity to venture off the beaten track.
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