The limits of altruism in democratic Athens / / Matthew Christ [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Christ Matthew Robert
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| Titolo: |
The limits of altruism in democratic Athens / / Matthew Christ [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 320.938/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Altruism - Political aspects - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Athens (Greece) Politics and government |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: the philanthropic Athenian? -- 1. Helping behavior in classical Athens -- 2. Helping and democratic citizenship -- 3. Helping and community in the Athenian law courts -- 4. "Helping others" in Athenian interstate relations -- Conclusion: helping and the Athenian experience. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Athenians in the classical period (508-322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people who rushed to the aid of others in distress, both at home and abroad. What relation does this image bear to actual Athenian behavior? This book argues that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens whom they did not know. Democratic ideology called on citizens to refrain from harming one another rather than to engage in mutual support, and emphasized the importance of the helping relationship between citizen and city rather than among individual citizens. If the obligation of Athenians to help fellow citizens was fairly tenuous, all the more so was their responsibility to intervene to assist the peoples of other states; a distinct pragmatism prevailed in the city's decisions concerning intervention abroad. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The limits of altruism in democratic Athens |
| ISBN: | 1-139-79439-6 |
| 1-139-88958-3 | |
| 1-139-78302-5 | |
| 1-139-77699-1 | |
| 1-139-34257-6 | |
| 1-139-78003-4 | |
| 1-139-78388-2 | |
| 1-283-71478-7 | |
| 1-139-77851-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453031503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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