Athenian Ostracism And Its Original Purpose
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Athenian Ostracism And Its Original Purpose
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Author : Marek Węcowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Athenian Ostracism And Its Original Purpose written by Marek Węcowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Athens (Greece) categories.
The Origin Of Ostracism
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Author : Rudi Thomsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Origin Of Ostracism written by Rudi Thomsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Political Science categories.
Exile Ostracism And Democracy
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Author : Sara Forsdyke
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Exile Ostracism And Democracy written by Sara Forsdyke and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with History categories.
This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. In contrast to previous interpretations, Sara Forsdyke argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values. The first part of the book demonstrates the strong connection between exile and political power in archaic Greece. In Athens and elsewhere, elites seized power by expelling their rivals. Violent intra-elite conflict of this sort was a highly unstable form of "politics that was only temporarily checked by various attempts at elite self-regulation. A lasting solution to the problem of exile was found only in the late sixth century during a particularly intense series of violent expulsions. At this time, the Athenian people rose up and seized simultaneously control over decisions of exile and political power. The close connection between political power and the power of expulsion explains why ostracism was a central part of the democratic reforms. Forsdyke shows how ostracism functioned both as a symbol of democratic power and as a key term in the ideological justification of democratic rule. Crucial to the author's interpretation is the recognition that ostracism was both a remarkably mild form of exile and one that was infrequently used. By analyzing the representation of exile in Athenian imperial decrees, in the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and in tragedy and oratory, Forsdyke shows how exile served as an important term in the debate about the best form of rule.
Athenian Ostracism And Its Original Purpose
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Author : Marek Węcowski
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-11-17
Athenian Ostracism And Its Original Purpose written by Marek Węcowski and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-17 with History categories.
Ostracism is by far the most emblematic institution of ancient Athenian democracy. This volume offers a reassessment of recently found ostraka (or potsherds, on which the names of the 'candidates' for exile were inscribed by citizens) from several Greek cities outside Athens, a thorough reconstruction of the history and of the procedure of ostracism in Athens, and a comprehensive account of the political circumstances of the introduction of the law on ostracism by Cleisthenes in 508/507 BCE. Marek Węcowski's original study focuses not only on the final stage, the day of the vote, but on the entire operation and procedure of ostracisation. Tracing the logic of the political play in Athens between the opening and final stages of ostracism, Węcowski argues that Athenian ostracism was a mechanism devised to impose compromise on the main players in Athenian political life, thereby avoiding the punishment of political elites by exile of leading politicians resulting from unpredictable votes by the citizenry. To support this hypothesis, Węcowski turns to the theory of the 'evolution of cooperation' as formulated by the American mathematician and political scientist Robert Axelrod based on the iterated prisoner's dilemma in game theory, applied as a probabilistic analogy to the dynamics of Athenian political life under democracy.
The Origin Of Ostracism
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Origin Of Ostracism written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Exile (Punishment) categories.
Origins Of Democracy In Ancient Greece
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Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-01-11
Origins Of Democracy In Ancient Greece written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-11 with History categories.
This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy “invented” or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and “people’s power.” They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions.
Exile Ostracism And Democracy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Exile Ostracism And Democracy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. In contrast to previous interpretations, Sara Forsdyke argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined.
Athenian Democratic Origins
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Author : Geoffrey de Ste. Croix
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2004-03-26
Athenian Democratic Origins written by Geoffrey de Ste. Croix and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-26 with History categories.
In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources in The Constitution of the Athenians, on which so much of our knowledge of Athenian constitutional history depends. Ste. Croix also argues that commercial factors had much less influence on Greek politics than modern scholars tend to assume, and that there was no such thing in any Greek state as a `commercial aristocracy'. As always, he works out these general positions with the utmost lucidity and pungency, and in meticulous detail. Though written in the 1960s, these hitherto unpublished essays by a great radical historian will still constitute a major contribution to contemporary debate. The editors and other specialists have supplied an updating Afterword to each chapter, and the book contains a thorough index.
Pericles And The Conquest Of History
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Author : Loren J. Samons, II
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-05
Pericles And The Conquest Of History written by Loren J. Samons, II and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Loren J. Samons, II examines the events of Athenian history to understand the actions and legacy of this pivotal historical figure.
Encyclopedia Of Ancient Greece
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Author : Nigel Guy Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2006
Encyclopedia Of Ancient Greece written by Nigel Guy Wilson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.