Abstract
Around the time of the establishment of Citizenship Studies,
historians had a straightforward picture of what it was, and
how it developed. Citizenship had been invented in Ancient
Greece, where philosophers like Aristotle had outlined its main
features, which remained basically unchanged until the twentieth century. Citizenship was a male prerogative, closely related
to political participation and for a long time only available to
Europeans. Only in post-colonial regimes could the rest of the
world develop its own forms of citizenship. This picture is hard
to square with the contents of Citizenship Studies, and historians
have indeed moved on, as the discussion of three major books
demonstrates. Such changes have, however, not come about as
a result of the impact of the journal among historians, because
that has been very limited so far. The paper speculates about
other explanations of this parallel development
historians had a straightforward picture of what it was, and
how it developed. Citizenship had been invented in Ancient
Greece, where philosophers like Aristotle had outlined its main
features, which remained basically unchanged until the twentieth century. Citizenship was a male prerogative, closely related
to political participation and for a long time only available to
Europeans. Only in post-colonial regimes could the rest of the
world develop its own forms of citizenship. This picture is hard
to square with the contents of Citizenship Studies, and historians
have indeed moved on, as the discussion of three major books
demonstrates. Such changes have, however, not come about as
a result of the impact of the journal among historians, because
that has been very limited so far. The paper speculates about
other explanations of this parallel development
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 608-614 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Citizenship Studies |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 4-5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Ancient Greece
- China
- European colonies
- historians