La Pólis, el Estado y los Ciudadanos de la Democracia Ateniense Como Una Comunidad Indivisa

Paiaro, Diego

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“…The Greek polis, in the 19th century, were labeled city‐states by a political culture used to considering political power organized from a state perspective. Since the late 20th century, however, doubts have been raised as to whether the Greek polis were really states with a power apparatus differentiated from the community (Anderson, 1997; Cartledge, 1999; López Barja, 2012; Manville, 1994; Paiaro, 2018; Routledge, 2014; Wood, 1996). If we conclude that there was no state in the strictest sense in the Greek polis, we should not necessarily hold that there was no democracy in classical Athens.…”

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Democracy against Homo sapiens alpha: Reverse dominance and political equality in human history

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For tens of thousands of years Paleolithic hunter-gatherer communities lived in democratic systems. These democratic communities based their relations on power and freedom on what Christopher Boehm has called "reverse dominance hierarchy" systems, which, for much of human history guaranteed political equality among members of hunter-gatherer communities. The reverse dominance hierarchy is a principle that could be used today to rethink the foundations of current democracies and design political systems that ensure true political equality in our societies. To understand democracy in the history of Homo sapiens and to evaluate current democratic systems, it is necessary to broaden the usual limited perspective on democracy. Robinson (2010) points out that modern humanism considers prehistory in rather negative terms and as largely irrelevant, yet prehistory covers most of Homo sapiens' existence and has left deep evolutionary traces in modern humans. Carroll (2015) proposes that power and dominance structures can be divided into four major periods: (a) dominance by an alpha male individual or group; (b) egalitarianism and democracy in hunter-gatherer societies; (c) the return to dominance by an individual or groups in postagricultural societies; and (d) the resurgence of democracy in today's modern democracies. Such a far-reaching historical perspective, while admittedly rather schematic and simplified, is important because it links modern democracies to a past that encompasses thousands of years of the existence of Homo sapiens. Sterelny (2021a, 2021b) offers a chronological perspective in affirming that, since our species was established around 300,000 years ago, 97% of its history has developed in egalitarian and democratic communities. This perspective should radically change the Homo sapiens vision of themselves, their past and present, and their possibilities for the future.The image we have of democracy and of today's liberal democracies is influenced by our vision of the history of democracy. The currently dominant perspective is that today's liberal democracies are a democratic exception in the authoritarian history of humanity, and there is a tendency to be condescending in relation to liberal democracies and to generously excuse their shortcomings. However, a perspective that recognizes long periods of radical democracies in human history can be more critical. The democracies of the Palaeolithic demonstrate that democratic political systems cover most of human history, that humans have imagined and built democracies with a very high degree ofThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Democracy against Homo sapiens alpha: Reverse dominance and political equality in human history

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“…Recientemente Mann (2007), partiendo del postulado de Finley acerca del rol estructural de los líderes democráticos, ha realizado una profunda revisión del planteo de Connor desestimando el carácter novedoso de los "nuevos políticos". 18 Algunas cuestiones vinculadas a este punto, y en especial su relación con las características "estatales" y "no estatales" de la pólis, se encuentran trabajadas en Paiaro (2011;2012a;2012b;2018by 2018c. 19 Sobre el ostracismo, y especialmente sobre su desarrollo en paralelo con la afirmación y el declive de la "democracia radical", ver Paiaro (2012a), con bibliografía.…”

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“…23 Para una valoración del "anarquismo primitivo" desde la perspectiva antropológica ver Macdonald (2011). 24 No podemos repasar aquí el debate sobre la estatalidad o no de la pólis griega, al respecto remitimos a Paiaro (2011: 223-32;2012b;2018b;2018c) en los que se resumen las principales posturas y se analiza la bibliografía reciente sobre la problemática.…”

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La democracia ateniense entre la estabilidad y la anarquía

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2018

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En un breve artículo sobre las particularidades del gobierno en la Atenas democrática, P.J. Rhodes planteaba que si bien la demokratía no se comportó en el registro histórico-concreto como un sistema anárquico, sin embargo, “el potencial para la anarquía estuvo siempre presente allí”. Teniendo en mente lo anterior, se propone una indagación sobre las condiciones del funcionamiento democrático en la Atenas clásica. En particular, se hace foco en la cuestión de cómo la compulsión al mantenimiento de la isonomía y el poder del dêmos delimitaban las capacidades y posibilidades de acción tanto de los líderes políticos como de los magistrados de la pólis. Como hipótesis se postula que una parte importante de los inconvenientes epistemológicos que la historiografía actual encuentra al momento de asir a la democracia ateniense surgen por la tradición de pensar a la pólis griega bajo el paradigma de la estatalidad.

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La Pólis, el Estado y los Ciudadanos de la Democracia Ateniense Como Una Comunidad Indivisa

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Democracy against Homo sapiens alpha: Reverse dominance and political equality in human history

Democracy against Homo sapiens alpha: Reverse dominance and political equality in human history

La democracia ateniense entre la estabilidad y la anarquía

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