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The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens

By Matthew R. Christ

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521864321, 9780521864329
Open Library ID
OL22742344M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2930448 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
263\263
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

This book provides a fresh perspective on Athenian democracy by exploring bad citizenship, both as a reality and an idea, in classical Athens, from the late sixth century down to 322. If called upon, Athenian citizens were expected to support their city through military service and financial outlay. These obligations were fundamental to Athenian understandings of citizenship and it was essential to the city's well-being that citizens fulfill them. The ancient sources, however, are full of allegations that individuals have avoided these duties or performed them deficiently. Claims of draft evasion, cowardice on the battlefield, and avoidance of liturgies and the war tax are common. By examining the nature and scope of bad citizenship in Athens and the city's responses-institutional and ideological-to the phenomenon, this study aims to illuminate the relationship between citizen and city under the Athenian democracy, and more broadly, the tension between private interests and public authority in human societies.

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