The book deals with the concept of citizenship in ancient political theory and practice. It explores this phenomenon through the liminal category of non-citizens, which typically included women, slaves, freed-men/freedwomen and settled aliens/metics. It examines the range of statuses that constituted the ancient city through the lens of exclusionary and inclusionary tendencies, and situates them within ideological frameworks that theoretically underpin both differentiation and integration strategies applied to these groups. A comprehensive treatment of the subject is based on the perspectives of philosophy, rhetoric and law, with an emphasis on the Pythagoreans, the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle and Cicero. With contributions by Kryštof Boháček | Nevim Borçin | Giovanni Giorgini | Elena Irrera | Jakub Jinek | Manuel Knoll | Veronika Konrádová | Alberto Maffi | Federica Piangerelli | Philip Schmitz
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Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2026
Copyright year
2026
ISBN-Print
978-3-495-99189-3
ISBN-Online
978-3-495-99190-9
Publisher
Karl Alber, Baden-Baden
Series
Collegium Politicum
Volume
10
Language
English
Pages
228
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Preface No access Pages 1 - 6
Preface No access Pages 7 - 14 Veronika Konrádová, Jakub Jinek
Rejecting the City No access Pages 15 - 30 Giovanni Giorgini
Oikonomia and the Law No access Pages 31 - 50 Alberto Maffi
Strangers and Philosophers No access Pages 51 - 64 Kryštof Boháček
Marginal but not Marginalised No access Pages 65 - 88 Federica Piangerelli
The Status of Women in Xenophon, Plato and Aristotle No access Pages 89 - 106 Veronika Konrádová
Children, Women, Slaves,and the So-called Free Men No access Pages 107 - 132 Philip Schmitz
Non-Citizens in Plato’s Laws No access Pages 133 - 146 Manuel Knoll
Slave and Master No access Pages 147 - 160 Jakub Jinek
An Aporia on Citizenship in Aristotle’s Politics: The Vulgar Craftsmen No access Pages 161 - 180 Nevim Borçin
“Appropriating” the Non-Citizen No access Pages 181 - 197 Elena Irrera
