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Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens

Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens

Hardcover

Ancient GreeceGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0521819857
ISBN13: 9780521819855
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Dec 19 2005
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
Free speech in the ancient democracy was not a protected right but an expression of the freedom from hierarchy, awe, reverence and shame. That freedom was challenged by the consequences of the rejection of shame (aidos) which had served as a cohesive force within the polity. Through readings of Socrates's trial, Greek tragedy and comedy, Thucydides's History, and Plato's Protagoras, this volume explores the paradoxical connections between free speech, democracy, shame, and Socratic philosophy and Thucydidean history.

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