Democracy’s Slaves

Democracy’s Slaves
ISBN-10
0674973801
ISBN-13
9780674973800
Category
History
Pages
186
Language
English
Published
2017-01-01
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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