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Biopolitics in the Political Thought of Classical Greece
2016
This article deals with biopolitics in classical Greek thought. Its aim is to demonstrate that biopolitics is not a distinctively modern phenomenon. It is as old a phenomenon as western political thought itself. Focusing on Aristotle’s Politics as well as Plato’s Republic and Laws, I argue that the politico-philosophical categories of classical thought were already biopolitical categories. In their books on politics, Plato and Aristotle do not only deal with all the central topics of biopolitics (sexual intercourse, marriage, pregnancy, childcare, public health, education, population, and so forth) from the political point of view but for them these topics are the very keystone of politics …
Phillip II of Macedon: The First European. Asia and Europe as Political Concepts in Classical Greece
2021
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la evolución histórica y cultural de Europa y Asia como términos políticos en la Grecia clásica. Para ello, abordaremos fuentes de diversa índole como Esquilo, Heródoto, el escrito hipocrático Aires, aguas y lugares y el orador Isócrates. Partiremos de la equiparación inicial entre Europa (= Grecia) y Asia (= Persia) hasta alcanzar la propuesta de Isócrates de considerar a Filipo como un líder europeo. The aim of this paper is to analyse the historical and cultural evolution of Europe and Asia considered as a political terms in Classical Greece. In order to achieve this objective, we will address several primary sources such as Aeschylus’ Pe…