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The Spear, the Scroll, and the Pebble
How the Greek City-State Developed as a Male Warrior-Citizen Collective
Taschenbuch von Richard A. Billows
Sprache: Englisch

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This book presents a powerful new argument for how and why the Greek city-states, including their distinctive society and culture, came to be - and why they had the highly unusual and influential form they took. After reviewing early city-state formation, and the economic underpinnings of city-state society, three key chapters examine the way the Greeks developed their unique society. The spear, scroll and pebble encapsulate the book's core ideas.

The Spear: city-state Greeks developed a citizen-militia military system that gave relatively equal importance to each citizen-warrior, thereby emboldening the citizen-warriors to demand political rights.

The Pebble: the resultant growth of collective political systems of oligarchy and democracy led to thousands of citizens forming the sovereign element of the state; they made political decisions through communal debate and voting.

The Scroll: in order for such systems to function, a shared information base had to be created, and this was done by setting up public notices of laws, proposed policies, public meeting agendas, and a host of other information.

To access this information, these military and political citizens had to be able to read. Billows examines the spread of schools and literacy throughout the Greek world, showing that the male city-state Greeks formed the world's first-known mass literate society. He concludes by showing that it was the mass-literate nature of the Greek city-state society that explains the remarkable and influential culture the classical Greeks produced.
This book presents a powerful new argument for how and why the Greek city-states, including their distinctive society and culture, came to be - and why they had the highly unusual and influential form they took. After reviewing early city-state formation, and the economic underpinnings of city-state society, three key chapters examine the way the Greeks developed their unique society. The spear, scroll and pebble encapsulate the book's core ideas.

The Spear: city-state Greeks developed a citizen-militia military system that gave relatively equal importance to each citizen-warrior, thereby emboldening the citizen-warriors to demand political rights.

The Pebble: the resultant growth of collective political systems of oligarchy and democracy led to thousands of citizens forming the sovereign element of the state; they made political decisions through communal debate and voting.

The Scroll: in order for such systems to function, a shared information base had to be created, and this was done by setting up public notices of laws, proposed policies, public meeting agendas, and a host of other information.

To access this information, these military and political citizens had to be able to read. Billows examines the spread of schools and literacy throughout the Greek world, showing that the male city-state Greeks formed the world's first-known mass literate society. He concludes by showing that it was the mass-literate nature of the Greek city-state society that explains the remarkable and influential culture the classical Greeks produced.
Über den Autor
Richard A. Billows
Zusammenfassung
Makes a study of the different influences which led to the culture of the classical period
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

Chapter 1: The Origin and Early Development of the City-State
Chapter 2: Economic Growth: A Necessary Condition for the City-State
Chapter 3: The Spear: Warfare and the City-State
Chapter 4: The Pebble: Collective Decision Making and the City-State
Chapter 5. The Scroll: Literacy and the City-State

Conclusion: The Literate Citizen

Appendix 1: Aristotle's Politeiai
Appendix 2: Colonies and Metropoleis

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350289192
ISBN-10: 1350289191
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Billows, Richard A.
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 141 x 234 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Richard A. Billows
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,46 kg
Artikel-ID: 122048802
Über den Autor
Richard A. Billows
Zusammenfassung
Makes a study of the different influences which led to the culture of the classical period
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

Chapter 1: The Origin and Early Development of the City-State
Chapter 2: Economic Growth: A Necessary Condition for the City-State
Chapter 3: The Spear: Warfare and the City-State
Chapter 4: The Pebble: Collective Decision Making and the City-State
Chapter 5. The Scroll: Literacy and the City-State

Conclusion: The Literate Citizen

Appendix 1: Aristotle's Politeiai
Appendix 2: Colonies and Metropoleis

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350289192
ISBN-10: 1350289191
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Billows, Richard A.
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 141 x 234 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Richard A. Billows
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,46 kg
Artikel-ID: 122048802
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