Publisher:
University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
In Works and Days, one of the two long poems that have come down to us from Hesiod, the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. In this book, Anthony T. Edwards...
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In Works and Days, one of the two long poems that have come down to us from Hesiod, the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. In this book, Anthony T. Edwards extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century b.c.e. Drawing on the evidence of trade, food storage, reciprocity, and the agricultural regime as Hesiod describes them in Works and Days, Edwards reveals Ascra as an autonomous village, outside the control of a polis, less stratified and integrated internally than what we observe even in Homer. In light of this reading, theconflict between Hesiod and Perses emerges as a dispute about the inviolability of the community's external boundary and the degree of interobligation among those within the village. Hesiod's Ascra directly counters the accepted view of Works and Days, which has Hesiod describing a peasant society subordinated to the economic and political control of an outside elite. Through his deft analysis, Edwards suggests a new understanding of both Works and Days and the social and economic organization of Hesiod's time and place
Publisher:
Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsethik, Halle
Dieser Artikel formuliert drei Thesen zur globalen Ernährungssicherheit: (1) Hunger ist ein moralisches Problem mit wirtschaftlichen und letztlich politischen Ursachen. (2) Kleinbauern verdienen Hilfe und Solidarität. Aber nicht deshalb, weil sie...
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ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
Signature:
DS 586 (2013,11)
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Dieser Artikel formuliert drei Thesen zur globalen Ernährungssicherheit: (1) Hunger ist ein moralisches Problem mit wirtschaftlichen und letztlich politischen Ursachen. (2) Kleinbauern verdienen Hilfe und Solidarität. Aber nicht deshalb, weil sie Kleinbauern, sondern weil sie Menschen sind, deren Menschenwürde und deren Menschenrecht durch Hunger und Armut verletzt wird. Folglich muss man ihnen helfen, unabhängig davon, womit sie ihren Lebensunterhalt bestreiten. (3) Die Kampagne gegen die Agrarspekulation von Indexfonds war kontraproduktiv. Sie hat die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit von wichtigen und wirklich relevanten Politikmaßnahmen abgelenkt. Hätte man das zivilgesellschaftliche Engagement z.B. auf eine Reformierung der Bioenergieförderung gerichtet, wäre für die Hungernden dieser Welt mehr zu erreichen gewesen. This article formulates three insights: (1) Hunger is a moral problem with economic and in the end political roots. (2) Peasants deserve help and solidarity. But not because they are peasants, but because they are humans, whose dignity and human right is violated by hunger and poverty. As a consequence, their support should be irrespective of their occupation. (3) The campaign against agricultural speculation by index funds was counter-productive. It has distracted public awareness from important and really relevant policy measures. If civil engagement had been focused on reforming bioenergy policies, much more progress in protecting the hungry would have been possible.
