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P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 AristotleandtheRediscoveryofCitizenship Aristotle and the Rediscovery of Citizenship confronts a question that is centraltoAristotle’spoliticalphilosophyaswellastocontemporary politicaltheory:Whatisacitizen?Answersprovetobeelusive,inpart becauselate-twentieth-centurycritiquesoftheEnlightenmentcalled intodoubtfundamentaltenetsthatonceguidedus.Engagingthetwo majorworksofAristotle’spoliticalphilosophy,hisNicomacheanEthics andhisPolitics,ProfessorSusanD.Collinsposesquestionsthatcurrent discussionsofliberalcitizenshipdonotadequatelyaddress.Drawinga pathfromcontemporarydisputestoAristotle,sheexaminesindetail hiscomplexpresentationsofmoralvirtue,civiceducation,andlaw; hisviewoftheaimsandlimitsofthepoliticalcommunity;andhistreat- ment of the connection between citizenship and the human good. CollinstherebyshowshowAristotlecontinuestobeanindispensable source of enlightenment, as he has been for political and religious traditionsofthepast. SusanD.CollinsisassistantprofessorofpoliticalscienceattheUniver- sityofHouston.Herresearchfocusesonpoliticalthoughtinclassical antiquity.ShehascontributedtotheAmericanJournalofPoliticalScience andtheReviewofPolitics,andsheiscoeditorofActionandContempla- tion: Studies in the Moral and Political Thought of Aristotleand cotrans- latorofEmpireandtheEndsofPolitics:Plato’s“Menexenus”andPericles’ FuneralOration. i P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 ii P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 Aristotle and the Rediscovery of Citizenship SUSAN D. COLLINS UniversityofHouston iii CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB28RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521860468 © Susan D. Collins 2006 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2006 ISBN-13 978-0-511-22634-2 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-10 0-511-22634-9 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13 978-0-521-86046-8 hardback ISBN-10 0-521-86046-6 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 Inmemoryofmyparents ElizabethandThomasCollins v P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 vi P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 Contents Acknowledgments page ix Introduction:TheRediscoveryofCitizenship 1 1 LiberalCitizenshipandAristotle’sEthics 6 LiberalismandItsCritics 7 TheLimitsofLiberalCitizenship 19 AristotleonLaw,Education,andMoralVirtue 41 2 CitizenVirtueandtheLongingfortheNoble 47 CourageasNobleSacrificeandSelf-Concern 52 NobleDeedsandtheAscentofVirtue 58 MagnanimityandVirtueastheHighestGood 61 3 JusticeasaVirtue 67 JusticeastheLawful 69 JusticeasFairness 71 ReciprocityandtheRegime 74 JusticeandtheDualEndsofMoralVirtue 76 LawandRightReason 80 4 Prudence,theGoodCitizen,andtheGoodLife 91 TheProblemofPrudence 91 Education,Law,andCompulsion 98 ThePoliticalCommunityasNaturalEnd 102 RecastingtheQuestionoftheGoodLife 108 5 CitizenshipandtheLimitsofLaw 119 TheIdentityoftheCitizen 119 Citizenship,Revolution,andtheRegime 122 vii P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 viii Contents TheGoodCitizenandtheGoodMan 124 CitizenshipandtheRuleofLaw 132 6 Political Wit and Enlightenment 147 NobilityandIrony 148 PoliticsandWit 154 Education,Liberty,andLeisure 160 Conclusion:AristotleandtheRediscoveryofCitizenship 166 Bibliography 179 Index 189 P1:JZZ 0521860466pre CUNY391B/Collins 0521860466 May26,2006 20:52 Acknowledgments Inthecourseofmyeducation,Ihavehadthesupportofteachers,col- leagues,friends,andfamily.Idedicatethebooktothememoryofmy parents,ElizabethandThomasCollins,whoseloveandcarefortheir childrenseemedinfiniteandwhoweremodelsofdecencyandhuman- ity.Iamespeciallygratefultotwoteachers,LeonCraigandChristopher Bruell;theirexampleandthoughtcontinuetoinspireme,andIwill alwaysremainintheirdebt.MygratitudealsotothefacultyatBoston College,RobertFaulkner,SusanShell,andthelateErnestFortin,who enrichedmystudies.Fourfriendsinparticular,MontyBrown,Lorna Dawson, Robert Bartlett, and Devin Stauffer, have made my life and thoughtbetterineveryway,andIamverygratefultoLornaandBob for their tireless comments on the manuscript in its various phases. In writing the book, I have also benefited from the advice of several colleagues and friends. Paul Rahe and Harvey Mansfield assisted at criticalpointsinthepublicationprocessandprovidedextensivecom- mentsonthemanuscript.StephenSalkever,ArleneSaxonhouse,and MaryNicholswereincisivereaderswhosesuggestionsgreatlyimproved the work. Others have given their support along the way, including DavidBolotin,MatthewDavis,CharlesGriswold,JohnScott,Lorraine Pangle,ThomasPangle,TyTessitore,SandyThatcher,andCatherine Zuckert,andIhavehadthegoodfortuneofwonderfulcolleaguesat theUniversityofHouston,inparticular,TedEstess,CynthiaFreeland, Ross Lence, Donald Lutz, Rick Matland, Susan Scarrow, and Robert ix
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