Peasant-Citizen and Slave - The Foundations of Athenian Democracy

Zusatztext “Learned! elegantly argued and! I think! important ... Ellen Wood is inviting us! indeed I would say obliging us! to reconsider our picture of Athens.” — The Independent “There is much of unquestionable value in this reading of Athenian democracy! not least the honesty with which the limitations of the available evidence are exposed and confronted ... [Wood] has indisputably set the agenda anew.” — Times Literary Supplement “A compelling read ... always surprising and refreshing.” —Robin Osborne! Magdalen College! Oxford Informationen zum Autor Ellen Meiksins Wood, for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, is the author of many books, including Democracy Against Capitalism and, with Verso, The Pristine Culture of Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Peasant-Citizen and Slave, Citizens to Lords, Empire of Capital and Liberty and Property . Klappentext Reprint. First published by Verso in 1988. Zusammenfassung Putting the peasant-citizen at the heart of ancient Athenian society

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Meiksins Wood, Wood Ellen Meiksins
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781784781026
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-102-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Verso World History Series; Verso World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Civil rights & citizenship, Slavery & abolition of slavery, BCE to c 500 CE, Civics and citizenship, Slavery and abolition of slavery, BCE period – Protohistory