Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Número de páginas: 226 págs. 15.2 x 22.9 cm
Fecha de edición: 30-04-2024
EAN: 9781009221436
ISBN: 978-1-009-22143-6
Precio (sin IVA): 113,66 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 118,21 €
Athenian democracy was distinguished from other ancient constitutions by its emphasis on freedom. This was understood, Naomi T. Campa argues, as being able to do 'whatever one wished,' a widely attested phrase. Citizen agency and power constituted the core of democratic ideology and institutions. Rather than create anarchy, as ancient critics claimed, positive freedom underpinned a system that ideally protected both the individual and the collective.