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Social mobility in Athens in the fourth century BC

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dc.contributor Graduate Program in History.
dc.contributor.advisor Durak, Şevki Koray.
dc.contributor.author Öztürk, Ümit.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T12:40:50Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T12:40:50Z
dc.date.issued 2018.
dc.identifier.other HIST 2018 O87
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/17664
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamics of social mobility in the context of Athenian society during the fourth century BC. In contrast to the contemporary studies’ emphasis on occupation, class or wealth as the main venues for mobility, this thesis argues for a multiplicity of contexts in which individuals could experience mobility, and it adopts a qualitative approach and a conceptual framework that are sensitive to individual experiences. The thesis focuses on three cases drawn from the corpus of the fourth-century Athenian court speeches: Timarchos of Sphettos, Midas the perfumer and his family, and Pasion of Acharnai. Each case study unravels the multidimensionality of social mobility as it was experienced at the personal level; as exceptional as these cases might seem to be, their personal nature demonstrates a set of factors, whether individual or institutional, for mobility, and the potential replications of these elements check our interpretations of the Athenian social reality.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018.
dc.subject.lcsh Social mobility -- Athens (Greece)
dc.subject.lcsh Greece -- Politics and government -- 146 B.C.-323 A.D.
dc.subject.lcsh Greece -- Social conditions.
dc.title Social mobility in Athens in the fourth century BC
dc.format.pages viii, 179 leaves ;


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