The world of Prometheus
the politics of punishing in democratic Athens
by Danielle S. Allen
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"From imprisonment to stoning to refusal of burial, instances of punishment in ancient Athens fueled conversations among ordinary citizens and political and literary figures about the nature of justice. Allen shows that punishment gave the community an opportunity to establish a shining myth of harmony and cleanliness: that the city could be purified of anger and social struggle, and perfect order achieved.
Each member of the city - including notably women and slaves - had a specific role to play in restoring equilibrium among punisher, punished, and society. The common view is that democratic legal processes moved away from the "emotional and personal" to the "rational and civic," but Allen shows that anger, honor, reciprocity, spectacle, and social memory constantly prevailed in Athenian law and politics."--BOOK JACKET.
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The world of Prometheus: the politics of punishing in democratic Athens
2000, Princeton University Press
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0691094896 9780691094892
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-429) and index
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