Freedom and Power in Classical Athens

"Using political theory, sociological theory, and philology, this book develops a new historically sensitive account of democratic freedom and power. The freedom of a citizen empowered him to do 'whatever he wished,' with positive and negative consequences at all levels of Athenian democratic ideology and practice"

List of contents

1. Introduction: freedom, power, and Athenian Democracy; 2. Democratic eleutheria as positive freedom; 3. Oratorical ambiguity; 4. Power and the citizen; 5. The powerless and unfree: a case study; 6. Conclusion: the reach of freedom.

About the author

NAOMI T. CAMPA is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Product details

• Authors: Naomi T Campa, Naomi T. Campa, Naomi T. (University of Texas Campa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009221436
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922143-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Social & cultural history, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500