2000, ISBN: 9780691048420

[PU: Princeton : Princeton University Press], XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal … More...

[PU: Princeton : Princeton University Press], XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed jacket, allover very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a nation ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a nation. He argues that in Athens, economic, religious, sexual, and social dimensions were no less significant than political and juridical considerations, and accordingly rejects prevailing scholarships equation of Athens with its male citizen body. In fact, Cohen shows that the categories of citizen" and noncitizen were much more fluid than is often assumed, and that some noncitizens exercised considerable power. He explores such subjects as the economic importance of businesswomen and wealthy slaves the authority exercised by enslaved public functionaries the practical egalitarianism of erotic relations and the broad and meaningful protections against sexual abuse of both free persons and slaves, and especially of children and the wide involvement of all sectors of the population in significant religious and local activities. All this emerges from the use of fresh legal, economic, and archaeological evidence and analysis that reveal the social complexity of Athens, and the demographic and geographic factors giving rise to personal anonymity and limiting personal contactsleading to the creation of an imagined community with a mutually conceptualized identity, a unified economy, and national myths set in historical fabrication. - Edward E. 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. ISBN 9780691048420, DE, [SC: 4.50], gebraucht sehr gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 550g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

2000, ISBN: 9780691048420

XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly … More...

XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed jacket, allover very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a “nation” {ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a “nation.” He argues that in Athens, economic, religious, sexual, and social dimensions were no less significant than political and juridical considerations, and accordingly rejects prevailing scholarship’s equation of Athens with its male citizen body. In fact, Cohen shows that the categories of “citizen" and “noncitizen” were much more fluid than is often assumed, and that some noncitizens exercised considerable power. He explores such subjects as the economic importance of businesswomen and wealthy slaves; the authority exercised by enslaved public functionaries; the practical egalitarianism of erotic relations and the broad and meaningful protections against sexual abuse of both free persons and slaves, and especially of children; and the wide involvement of all sectors of the population in significant religious and local activities. All this emerges from the use of fresh legal, economic, and archaeological evidence and analysis that reveal the social complexity of Athens, and the demographic and geographic factors giving rise to personal anonymity and limiting personal contacts—leading to the creation of an “imagined community” with a mutually conceptualized identity, a unified economy, and national “myths” set in historical fabrication. - Edward E. 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. ISBN 9780691048420 Versand D: 4,50 EUR , [PU:Princeton : Princeton University Press,]<

2000, ISBN: 9780691048420

XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly … More...

XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed jacket, allover very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a “nation” {ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a “nation.” He argues that in Athens, economic, religious, sexual, and social dimensions were no less significant than political and juridical considerations, and accordingly rejects prevailing scholarship’s equation of Athens with its male citizen body. In fact, Cohen shows that the categories of “citizen" and “noncitizen” were much more fluid than is often assumed, and that some noncitizens exercised considerable power. He explores such subjects as the economic importance of businesswomen and wealthy slaves; the authority exercised by enslaved public functionaries; the practical egalitarianism of erotic relations and the broad and meaningful protections against sexual abuse of both free persons and slaves, and especially of children; and the wide involvement of all sectors of the population in significant religious and local activities. All this emerges from the use of fresh legal, economic, and archaeological evidence and analysis that reveal the social complexity of Athens, and the demographic and geographic factors giving rise to personal anonymity and limiting personal contacts—leading to the creation of an “imagined community” with a mutually conceptualized identity, a unified economy, and national “myths” set in historical fabrication. - Edward E. 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. ISBN 9780691048420 Versand D: 3,00 EUR , [PU:Princeton : Princeton University Press,]<

2000, ISBN: 9780691048420

XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly … More...

XX, 250 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed jacket, allover very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a nation {ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a nation. He argues that in Athens, economic, religious, sexual, and social dimensions were no less significant than political and juridical considerations, and accordingly rejects prevailing scholarships equation of Athens with its male citizen body. In fact, Cohen shows that the categories of citizen" and noncitizen were much more fluid than is often assumed, and that some noncitizens exercised considerable power. He explores such subjects as the economic importance of businesswomen and wealthy slaves; the authority exercised by enslaved public functionaries; the practical egalitarianism of erotic relations and the broad and meaningful protections against sexual abuse of both free persons and slaves, and especially of children; and the wide involvement of all sectors of the population in significant religious and local activities. All this emerges from the use of fresh legal, economic, and archaeological evidence and analysis that reveal the social complexity of Athens, and the demographic and geographic factors giving rise to personal anonymity and limiting personal contactsleading to the creation of an imagined community with a mutually conceptualized identity, a unified economy, and national myths set in historical fabrication. - Edward E. 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. ISBN 9780691048420 Versand D: 4,50 EUR , [PU:Princeton : Princeton University Press,]<