The rhetoric of justice

Strategies of reconciliation and revenge in the restoration of Athenian democracy in 403 BC

Bibliographic Data

ID4180141
AuthorsDavid Cohen (0000-0002-4970-0804)
Year2001
Volume42
Issue2
Pages335-356
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003975601001011
OpenAlexW2008538701
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This paper examines from a comparative perspective the first historically documented case of transitional justice: the restoration of the Athenian democracy in 403 BC. It analyzes in particular the rhetoric of amnesty, justice, reconciliation and revenge and the discursive strategies informing the prosecutions and litigation which followed the transition. Comparison of the Athenian experience with modern situations of transitional justice helps to identify key features which made the Athenian reconciliation so successful

Amnesty · Art · Criminology · Democracy · Economic Justice · Human rights · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Transitional justice · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Philosophy

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