Političko u Grka
The Concept of the Political in Ancient Greece

Summary/Abstract: Individual phenomena, as well as their interrelations, must be considered within the framework of the historical periods in which they emerge. This, however, does not imply that there is no need for comparisons of different periods, individually and as a whole, in order to highlight their specific features. In this, the category of the political appears as especially relevant. As opposed to politics, the political is to be understood as the field or element in which Individuals assemble into political units, acting, thinking and being determined within these units — or with reference to them. In examining the political in Ancient Greece. Athens inevitably comes into the centre of analysis. The political in Athens may be broadly defined by the following characteristics: (a) the gravity centre of political units lay in a wide section of the citizenry: (b) the citizens were participants of these political units: (c) the extent and direction of politisation were first determined by political identity; (d) the relationship between the parts and the whole was determined by the relatively strong solidarity of the middle and lower strata of the population; (e) the structure of political activity indirectly shaped the style and mode of the life of the citizens; (g) there was a high degree of awareness of the problems of government.

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