Peasant-Citizen and Slave: The Foundations of Athenian Democracy
Author: Meiksins Wood,Ellen
ISBN: 9781784781026
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 04 Jan 2016
Pages: 220 Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9781784781026
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 04 Jan 2016
Pages: 220 Format: Paperback / softback
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.
