An Aporia About Citizenship in Aristotle's Politics: The Vulgar Craftsmen

In Veronika Konrádová & Jakub Jinek (eds.), Non-citizens in the City. Nomos (forthcoming)
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Abstract

This paper aims to elucidate the case of the vulgar craftsmen who are excluded from the citizen body, a case which evidently challenged Aristotle’s conception of citizenship, as we find it presented in Pol. III,5. I argue that Aristotle’s exclusion of vulgar craftsmen from citizenship in his best city, based on their habits, activities, and ways of life, lacks justification, even when evaluated against his own criteria.

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Nevim Borçin
University of Fribourg

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