TY - BOOK ID - 21283189 TI - Performing citizenship in Plato's laws PY - 2014 SN - 9781107421165 9781107072886 1107072883 9781139680882 1107421160 1316083233 1316057232 1316054861 1316076148 1316080870 1316078515 1316073777 1316071413 1322882045 1139680889 9781316073773 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Citizenship KW - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Political aspects. KW - Plato. KW - Citizenship (Greek law) KW - Citoyenneté (Droit grec) KW - Citoyenneté (Droit grec) KW - Citoyenneté KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophie KW - Birthright citizenship KW - Citizenship (International law) KW - National citizenship KW - Nationality (Citizenship) KW - Political science KW - Public law KW - Allegiance KW - Civics KW - Domicile KW - Political rights KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21283189 AB - In the Laws, Plato theorizes citizenship as simultaneously a political, ethical, and aesthetic practice. His reflection on citizenship finds its roots in a descriptive psychology of human experience, with sentience and, above all, volition seen as the primary targets of a lifelong training in the values of citizenship. In the city of Magnesia described in the Laws erôs for civic virtue is presented as a motivational resource not only within the reach of the 'ordinary' citizen, but also factored by default into its educational system. Supporting a vision of 'perfect citizenship' based on an internalized obedience to the laws, and persuading the entire polity to consent willingly to it, requires an ideology that must be rhetorically all-inclusive. In this city 'ordinary' citizenship itself will be troped as a performative action: Magnesia's choral performances become a fundamental channel for shaping, feeling and communicating a strong sense of civic identity and unity. ER -