Thinking of Autonomy as Automatism

The Case of Autonomy in Thucydides' History

Bibliographic Data

ID3783243
AuthorsMaria Gerolemou (0000-0002-7325-0030, University of Cyprus, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume19
Pages199-211
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAraucaria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1575-6823 • E-ISSN: 2340-2199
PublisherEditorial Universidad de Sevilla (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.12795/araucaria.2017.i37.10
OpenAlexW2612474132
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

The following article engages in an attempt to review and further explore the notion of autonomy in Thucydides, which is described by scholars as different from freedom, eleutheria, and as primarily assigned to the interests of a weaker state that is trying to exert its independence. Without rejecting the relational aspect of the notion of autonomy, the article argues further on autonomy's internal aspect, ultimately trying to prove how autonomy in Thucydides is moreover presented as an automatic habit and a behavioral pattern that reflects a restrictive, political and artificial perspective of external superior powers

Automatism (medicine · Autonomy · Humanities · Political science · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Neuroscience · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy · Psychology

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