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Early Political Theory and Practice

This comprehensive agenda explores the evolution of political theory and practice in ancient Greece, focusing on the transition from Iron Age chiefdoms to the establishment of the Archaic polis. Key topics include the inventions of politics, critical reforms by Draco, Solon, and Cleisthenes, and the structure of early governance systems like the boule and demos. Emphasizing critical thinking, moral integrity, and democratic ideology, the report will highlight influential texts and the philosophical debates surrounding justice and political structures from the period.

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Early Political Theory and Practice

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  1. Early Political Theory and Practice Ca. 800–ca. 450 BCE

  2. Agenda • Papers • MLA, Honesty, Critical Thinking • Recap and Update • The Invention of Politics • Oral Report • Natham, Christine, Orin on Monoson on Harmodius & Aristogeiton • Pick a Lens • Dahl, Ober, Scholtz Early Politics

  3. Papers MLA, Honesty, Critical Thinking

  4. Recap and Update The Invention of Politics

  5. Birth of the Polis from Iron-Age chiefdom to Archaic polis synoecism archons boule(aristocratic council) demos(popular assembly) • village networks • basileis • boule(royal council) • demos(rank-and-file) Early Politics

  6. Athenian Timeline • ca. 620 Draco’s law code • thesmoi • 594/3 Solon’s reforms • nomoi • 560-510 Peisistratean tyranny • 507 Cleisthenic reforms Early Politics

  7. Critical Thinking: Solon (594/3? BCE) • Birth qualification => property qualification. • Cancellation of debt. • End to debt-slavery. • Council (boule) of 400. • Citizen-jury courts (eliaia, dikasteria). Tyranny? Oligarchy? Democracy? Early Politics

  8. Cleisthenic Reforms (507 BCE) from oligarchy clan/village constituencies 4 tribes archons Council of 400 to proto-democracy deme-trittys organization 10 tribes archons + stratēgoi Council of 500 isonomia

  9. Readings: Issues • Justice and the state • Stasis, eunomia • monarkhia, isonomia • Constitutional concerns • democracy • oligarchy • tyranny • Questions of peitho Early Politics

  10. Oral Report Natham, Christina, Orin

  11. Pick a Lens Dahl, Ober, Scholtz

  12. Dahl’s Criteria • Effective participation. • Voting equality at the decisive stage. • Enlightened understanding. • Control of agenda. “Strong principle of equality” (compare isonomia) Early Politics

  13. Ober’s Dialectic • Mass “hegemony” / elite “advice” • Political equality / material inequality • Freedom / consensus Ideological-rhetorical negotiation Early Politics

  14. Scholtz Dialogical Model

  15. Pick a Lens. . . • Aeschylus Suppliant Women • “… I shall go to advance your cause. May Persuasion and Fortune Who Brings Success attend me” • Eupolis Demes • “A certain peitho resided on [Pericles’] lips, …! And he alone of the orators left a sting in his listeners” • Protagoras in Plato’s Protagoras • [Hermes:] “ ‘Shall this be the manner in which I am to distribute justice and reverence among human beings, or shall I give them to all?’ ‘To all,’ said Zeus” Dahl? Ober? Scholtz? Early Politics

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