Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West - Care of the SelfPevná vazba
Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West - Care of the SelfPevná vazba What does it mean to be a good citizen today? And what can we learn from the past about these practices…
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Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West - Care of the SelfPevná vazba
What does it mean to be a good citizen today? And what can we learn from the past about these practices to better engage in city life in the twenty-first century? What are practices of citizenship?
The contributors come from a variety of different disciplines, including architecture, urbanism, philosophy, and history, and their essays make comparative examinations of the practices of citizenship from the ancient world to the present day in both the East and the West. Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self is a collection of papers that examine these questions. The papers' comparative approaches, between East and West, and ancient and modern, leads to a greater understanding of the challenges facing citizens in the urbanized twenty-first century, and by looking at past examples, suggests ways of addressing them.
While the book's point of