A Brief History of Citizenship

by Derek Benjamin Heater and Derek Heater

Book Overview

From Plato to Rorty, A Brief History of Citizenship provides a concise survey of the idea of citizenship. All major periods are covered, beginning with Greece and Rome, continuing on to the Middle Ages, the American and French Revolutions, and finally to the modern era. Heater effectively argues that we cannot begin to understand our current conditions until we have an understanding of the initial idea of "the citizen" and how that idea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814736726
• ISBN13: 9780814736722
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"