
Athens
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In the agora and on the pnyx, Athenian democracy was about performance and oratory; but the written word opened the way to ever-increasing sophistication in both the practice and theory of politics. As the arts of spin proliferated, spontaneous live debate in which the speaker's authority came from being one of the many remained a core democratic value. Livingstone explores how ideas of democratic leadership evolved from the poetry of the legendary law-giver Solon to the writings of the sophist Alcidamas of Elaia. The volume offers a new approach to the study of ancient education and will be an invaluable tool to students of ancient politics and culture, and to all those studying the history of democracy.
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"This slim book takes on a big question: 'How did the citizens of ancient Athens learn to live in a democracy?' It's an important question, both for our knowledge of the classical city and for our understanding of how citizenship works in democracies today ... Livingstone's work is an important reminder that "culture" (political or otherwise) is grounded in face-to-face human interactions. His book is a powerful statement about how much ancient Athens still has to teach us ... it is a worthwhile and compelling read."- Ryan R. Abrecht, University of San Diego (USA), the Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Acknowledgements
PART 1: SETTING THE STAGE FOR CITIZENS
Introduction: Democratic Knowledge
Citizens Modern and Ancient
Democracies
Intellectual Attainment and Democratic Ideals
Myth and Mousike
Heroic Politics
Hesiod's Poetics of Struggle
Solon: Accommodating Athens to the Muse
PART 2: CITIZEN SPACES
Knowing Where It Happens
Democratic Citizenship: Staging and Rehearsal
What Did Citizens Learn?
Learning at Home
Places of Learning
The Agora
The View beyond the City
In and Out of the Barber's Shop
PART 3: THE CITIZEN PERFORMER
Writing the City
Suspicion of Writing in Athens
On Writers (People Who Write Written Speeches, or Sophists)
The Argument of 'On Writers'
A Misdirected Attack on Writing?
The Two Faces of the Writer
Stylish Spontaneity
Conclusion: the City as University
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