Democracy in Ancient Athens

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# Democracy in Ancient Athens

*Theories of Democracy at Shoshin College*

October 2024

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# Agenda

1. Introductions
1. System
1. History
1. Context

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# Newspeak House

https://newspeak.house

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# Shoshin College

https://shoshincollege.org

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# Democracy

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# Brief History

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# Assemblies

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# Aletheia

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# Boule

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# Democracy in Ancient Athens

* assemblies
* participation
* public debates
* exclusion

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![constitution](constitution.png)

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![structure](structure.png)

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# Sortition

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# Ostracism

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# Persons

* [Cleisthenes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleisthenes)
* [Solon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solon)
* [Ephialtes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephialtes)
* [Pericles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles)
* [Demosthenes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes)

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# Books

* [The Dawn of Everything](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything) by David Graeber, David Wengrow
* [Athenian Constitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Athenians) by Aristotle
* [The Shortest History of Democracy](https://www.johnkeane.net/portfolio_page/the-shortest-history-of-democracy/) by John Keane
* [Open Democracy](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691181998/open-democracy) by Hélène Landemore