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050	0	4	_aHT863 _b.D466 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aIsmard, Paulin, _e1
245	1	0	_aDemocracy's slaves : _ba political history of ancient Greece / _cPaulin Ismard ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 188 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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500			_a"Originally published as Démocratie contre les experts: Les esclaves publics en Grèce ancienne, (c) Editions du Seuil, 2015"--Title page verso.
520	0		_aThe toga-clad statesman of ancient Greece is a familiar figure in the Western political tradition. Less well known is the administrator who ran the state but who was himself a slave. Challenging the modern belief that democracy and bondage are incompatible, Paulin Ismard directs our attention to the cradle of Western democracy, ancient Athens, where the functioning of civic government depended crucially on highly skilled experts who were literally public servants--slaves owned by the city-state rather than by private citizens. Known as demosioi, these public slaves filled a variety of important roles in Athenian society. They were court clerks, archivists, administrators, accountants, and policemen. Many possessed knowledge and skills beyond the attainments of average citizens, and they enjoyed privileges, such as the right to own property, that were denied to private slaves. In effect, demosioi were Western civilization's first civil servants--though they carried out their duties in a condition of bound servitude. Ismard detects a radical split between politics and administrative government at the heart of Athenian democracy. The city-state's managerial caste freed citizens from the day-to-day responsibilities of running the state. By the same token, these public servants were unable to participate in the democratic process because they lacked the rights of full citizenship. By rendering the state's administrators politically invisible, Athens warded off the specter of a government capable of turning against the citizens' will. In a real sense, Ismard shows, Athenian citizens put the success of their democratic experiment in the hands of slaves.-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aGenesis -- _tServants of the city -- _tStrange slaves -- _tThe democratic order of knowledge -- _tThe mysteries of the Greek state.
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650		0	_aSlavery _zGreece _xHistory.
650		0	_aPublic administration _zGreece _xHistory.
650		0	_aSlavery _xPhilosophy.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aTodd, Jane Marie, _d1957- _etrl
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell