{"product_id":"the-birth-of-the-athenian-community-9781138083516","title":"The Birth of the Athenian Community","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birth of the Athenian Community\u003c\/em\u003e elucidates the social and political development of Athens in the sixth century, when, as a result of reforms by Solon and Cleisthenes (at the beginning and end of the sixth century, respectively), Athens turned into the most advanced and famous city, or \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e, of the entire ancient Greek civilization. Undermining the current dominant approach, which seeks to explain ancient Athens in modern terms, dividing all Athenians into citizens and non-citizens, this book rationalizes the development of Athens, and other Greek \u003ci\u003epoleis\u003c\/i\u003e, as a gradually rising complexity, rather than a linear progression. The multidimensional social fabric of Athens was comprised of three major groups: the kinship community of the \u003ci\u003eastoi\u003c\/i\u003e, whose privileged status was due to their origins; the legal community of the \u003ci\u003epolitai\u003c\/i\u003e, who enjoyed legal and social equality in the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e; and the political community of the \u003ci\u003edemotai\u003c\/i\u003e, or adult mal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"(…) the wealth of material used is apparent, especially the extensive bibliography, the bulk of which includes relevant literature not limited to just English titles. In addition, the author offers an extensive index that works well.\" - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnja Pfeiffer, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Abteilung für Alte Geschichte, Universität Bonn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book will instantly become indispensable to academics for its extension and modification of Greek kinship, legal, and political groups, which are illuminated with unprecedented clarity. This is a unique achievement… Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students and faculty.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eCHOICE, September 2018.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"(...) a fresh insight into the early history of Athens, which provides an interesting angle for new studies on the social organisation of Archaic communities and the wider development of Greek concepts of citizenship. It encompasses an impressive range of scholarship and engages in a number of controversial scholarly debates with an original and often persuasive voice. But its main contribution lies beyond doubt in its nuanced discussion of citizenship and its impact on the political and legal rights of an individual—a subject as relevant today as it was to Aristotle.\" - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The special merit of this book is to question the rigid and schematic view of the Athenian population through the prism of civil rights and to offer a fresh, unorthodox perspective on the composition of Athenian society.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - Rafal Matuszewski, Art History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The book raises many other issues for debate...the undermining of the unitary conception of Athenian citizenship is undoubtedly an important step forward.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece and Rome\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface. Introduction. \u003cstrong\u003ePart One\u003c\/strong\u003e: The kinship community. 1. The Athenian kinsme.n 2. Solon’s organization of the kinship community. \u003cstrong\u003ePart Two\u003c\/strong\u003e: The legal community. 3. \u003ci\u003ePoliteia \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e politai. \u003c\/i\u003e4. Solon and the Athenian \u003ci\u003epoliteia. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three\u003c\/strong\u003e: The political community. 5. \u003ci\u003ePoliteia\u003c\/i\u003e and politics. 6. Cleisthenes and the emergence of the political community. Epilogue: Approximating the Athenian community, Appendices, Indices, Select Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019455725911,"sku":"9781138083516","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138083516.jpg?v=1750780325","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-birth-of-the-athenian-community-9781138083516","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}