Cohen The Athenian Nation

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2466-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xvii

List of Abbreviations xix

Introduction: Athens as Paradox-Athens as Nation 3

Chapter 1: Anomalous Athens 11

An Anomalous Polis 11

An Anomalous Ethnos 22

Women in an Anomalous Democracy 30

Chapter 2: The Local Residents of Attika 49

Astoi and Politai 50

New, Old, and Former Athenians: The Historical Context 63

Attikismos: Becoming Part of Attika 70

Chapter 3: An Ancient Construct: The Athenian Nation 79

Motherland and Myth 82

Fatherland and Nationalism 91

Chapter 4: A Modern Myth: The Athenian Village 104

"Not Knowing One Another" in Attika 106

Anonymity and Mobility: The Reality of Deme Life 112

Chapter 5: Wealthy Slaves in a "Slave Society" 130

Unfree Wealth and Power: Slave Entrepreneurs and Civil Servants 132

"Corrective Interpretations": Evidence Rejected, Preconceptions Maintained 137

An Athenian Explanation for the Athenian Slave Economy 141

Chapter 6: The Social Contract: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Profit 155

An Academic Fantasy: Sexual Exploitation as Political Entitlement 159

Equal Employment Opportunity: Prostitution Not "the Special Preserve of Foreigners" 167

Consensual Sex: "Prostitution by Contract," Not Status 177

Works Cited 193

General Index 229

Index of Passages Cited 235

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Cohen is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Resource America, Inc., a specialty-finance company based in Philadelphia. He is the author of Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts and Athenian Economy and Society: A Banking Perspective, both published by Princeton University Press.