Peasant-Citizen and Slave : The Foundations of Athenian Democracy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Verso World History
ISBN-10
1784781029
ISBN-13
9781784781026
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 3rd, 2015
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
358 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.20 x 1.70 cms
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Putting the peasant-citizen at the heart of ancient Athenian society
The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive characteristic of Athenian democracy was the unprecedented prominence it gave to free labor. Wood argues that the emergence of the peasant as citizen, juridically and politically independent, accounts for much that is remarkable in Athenian political institutions and culture.<br><br> From a survey of historical writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the focus of which distorted later debates, Wood goes on to take issue with recent arguments, such as those of G.E.M. de Ste Croix, about the importance of slavery in agricultural production. The social, political and cultural influence of the peasant-citizen is explored in a way which questions some of the most cherished conventions of Marxist and non-Marxist historiography.
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