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Exile, ostracism, and democracy: the politics of expulsion in ancient Greece

2005 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 0691119759 ;ISBN: 9780691119755 ;ISBN: 9781400826865 ;ISBN: 1400826861 ;EISBN: 9781400826865 ;EISBN: 1400826861 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400826865 ;OCLC: 355696355 ;LCCallNum: JC75.E9

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  • Title:
    Exile, ostracism, and democracy: the politics of expulsion in ancient Greece
  • Author: Forsdyke, Sara
  • Subjects: Ancient ; Ancient Greece ; Athens ; Athens (Greece) ; Democracy ; Exile ; Exile (Punishment) ; Greece ; HISTORY ; Offenders ; Political crimes and offenses ; Political Ideologies ; Political murders ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Politics and government ; Power ; Power (Social sciences) ; Punishment ; Social history
  • Description: This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. In contrast to previous interpretations, Sara Forsdyke argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values. The first part of the book demonstrates the strong connection between exile and political power in archaic Greece. In Athens and elsewhere, elites seized power by expelling their rivals. Violent intra-elite conflict of this sort was a highly unstable form of "politics that was only temporarily checked by various attempts at elite self-regulation. A lasting solution to the problem of exile was found only in the late sixth century during a particularly intense series of violent expulsions. At this time, the Athenian people rose up and seized simultaneously control over decisions of exile and political power. The close connection between political power and the power of expulsion explains why ostracism was a central part of the democratic reforms.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2009
  • Format: 361
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0691119759
    ISBN: 9780691119755
    ISBN: 9781400826865
    ISBN: 1400826861
    EISBN: 9781400826865
    EISBN: 1400826861
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400826865
    OCLC: 355696355
    LCCallNum: JC75.E9
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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