Citizen and self in ancient Greece : individuals performing justice and the law /

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This study examines how the ancient Greeks decided questions of justice as a key to understanding the intersection of our moral and political lives. Combining contemporary political philosophy with historical, literary, and philosophical texts, it examines a series of remarkable individuals who perf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farenga, Vincent, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
To 1500
Justice > History > To 1500.
Democracy > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Citizenship > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Justice, Administration of (Greek law)
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Law and literature.
Justice in literature.
Justice > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
Démocratie > Athènes (Grèce) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
Citoyenneté > Athènes (Grèce) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
Justice > Administration (Droit grec)
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Droit et littérature.
Justice dans la littérature.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Citizenship
Democracy
Greek literature
Justice
Law and literature
Justice in literature
Greece > Athens
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Justice to the dead : prototypes of the citizen and self in early Greece
  • Performing justice in early Greece : dispute settlement in the Iliad
  • Self-transformation and the therapy of justice in the Odyssey
  • Performing the law : the lawgiver, statute law, and the jury trial
  • Citizenship by degrees : ephebes and demagogues in democratic Athens, 465--460
  • The naturalization of citizen and self in democratic Athens, 450--411
  • Democracy's narcissistic citizens: Alcibiades and Socrates
  • Conclusion.

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