The world of Prometheus
the politics of punishing in democratic Athens
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Author
Publication
2000 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
112,250 words, Guess
Page Count
449 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17113889M
- ISBN-100691094896
- OCLC Control Number41547733
- OCLC Control Numberworldprometheus00alle
- Library of Congress Control Number99034848
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- Goodreads335455
- LibraryThing69377
Classifications
- LCCKL4395 .A43 2000
Description
"From imprisonment to stoning to refusal of burial, instances of punishment in ancient Athens fueled conversations among ordinary citizens and political and literary figures about the nature of justice. Allen shows that punishment gave the community an opportunity to establish a shining myth of harmony and cleanliness: that the city could be purified of anger and social struggle, and perfect order achieved. Each member of the city - including notably women and slaves - had a specific role to play in restoring equilibrium among punisher, punished, and society. The common view is that democratic legal processes moved away from the "emotional and personal" to the "rational and civic," but Allen shows that anger, honor, reciprocity, spectacle, and social memory constantly prevailed in Athenian law and politics."--BOOK JACKET.
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