The normative significance of aristocratic constitutions in Aristotle’s Politics

Irrera, Elena

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The normative significance of aristocratic constitutions in Aristotle’s Politics

dc.affiliation.grupoinv	UC3M. Grupo de Investigación: NOMOS: sobre el Pensamiento Político y el Derecho Antiguos y su Recepción	es
dc.affiliation.instituto	UC3M. Instituto de Estudios Clásicos sobre la Sociedad y la Política Lucio Anneo Séneca	es
dc.contributor.author	Irrera, Elena
dc.contributor.editor	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto de Estudios Clásicos sobre la Sociedad y la Política Lucio Anneo Séneca	es
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-01T08:18:26Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-01T08:18:26Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	This paper contends that, despite evidences, Aristotle's view of aristocratic constitutions displays a heavily marked normative content. I argue that his understanding of aristocracy may be separated into four main strands: (i) an ideal type, based on the rotation of power of virtuous people over equally virtuous citizens (as evinced from a joint reading of Books III and IV); (ii) a type grounded on a fine blending of social classes, as emerging from a reading of Pol. IV, 7.1293b7-18 in the light of Politics IV,3.1290a24-29; (iii) a polity inclining toward oligarchy, which seems to lack any normative worth; (iv) an 'aristocratic polity', grounded on the political role of the middle class (Book IV.11). I shall propose that, in non-ideal conditions, type (iv) is the constitution which best accommodates (a) the need for stability and concord, (b) the search for an ideal of structural harmony and proportion among rulers and citizens.	en
dc.format.extent	17
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.issn	1699-7840
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/19030
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	"Res Publica Litterarum". Documentos de trabajo del Grupo de Investigación 'Nomos'	es
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2013-1
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRights	open access
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.eciencia	Filología	es
dc.subject.eciencia	Filosofía	es
dc.subject.other	Constituciones	es
dc.subject.other	Aristóteles	es
dc.subject.other	Aristotle	en
dc.subject.other	Aristocracy	en
dc.subject.other	Normative	en
dc.subject.other	Polity	en
dc.subject.other	Fine blend	en
dc.title	The normative significance of aristocratic constitutions in Aristotle’s Politics	en
dc.type	working paper	*
dc.type.review	PeerReviewed
dspace.entity.type	Publication