HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intersectionality, Slavery, Banausos
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How important is slavery in the ancient economy. Aristotle is doing to define the polis because of the people. After 451 they are males born from athenain woman. You could be granted citizenship made on the assembly. On the political importance for leisure for citizenship. Okonomicus- the house includes the family and the slaves and how you organize your household. If you are going to be a good citizen. Then you can"t be bogged down to have other jobs to do. The citizen should be concerned with farming and war. If you have a job that has you sitting down that is banausic, it is mundane work. People who come to athens as immigrants do labour for pay and participate in society who are not part of the circle of politics that aristotle was talking about. Born as a athenian women it is meant to be traced as free born, slaves etc.