Democracy’s Slaves

Democracy’s Slaves
ISBN-10
0674660072
ISBN-13
9780674660076
Category
History
Pages
188
Language
English
Published
2017
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Paulin Ismard

Description

Challenging the modern belief that democracy and bondage are incompatible, Paulin Ismard directs our attention to ancient Athens, where the functioning of civic government depended on skilled, knowledgeable experts who were literally public servants—slaves owned by the city-state rather than by private citizens.

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