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Future Freedoms is a unique and wonderful blending of political theory and the interpretation of literary and material texts. Markovitss initial argument is that the reason modern Western theorists find it so difficult to think about intergenerational justice is because they are blinded by a pair of disabling fantasies: the fantasy of sovereignty (both individual and collective), and the fantasy of inevitable historical progress toward such sovereignty. The way out of this dead-end, Markovits argues, drawing on Arendt, is not by formulating yet another abstract analytic theory, but by focusing on stories or narratives that link past, present, and future in untimely and unsettling ways that challenge our imagination of who we are and what we should want as individuals and citizens. Her insightful readings of two types of such narratives, ancient Athenian drama and modern public art, mark out new paths for thinking not only about the meaning of intergenerational justice but of democratic politics as well.

Stephen Salkever, Bryn Mawr College

Future Freedoms is a truly impressive work. With a nuanced approach to narrative as political theory, Markovits simultaneously offers innovative readings of ancient comedy and tragedy and pushes the boundaries of our thinking about intergenerational politics. Future Freedoms is a must read for students of the ancient Greeks and for contemporary democratic theorists.

John Zumbrunnen, University of Wisconsin

What kind of world will be left for future generations? Elizabeth K. Markovits Future Freedoms invites you to consider this question as a democratic one, drawing on a tradition of ancient and modern thought to envision how people can sustain democracy into the future. Lucid, imaginative, and cogent, this book is a necessary riposte to the de-democratizing forces dominant at the present moment as well as an exhortation to become the change you want to see.

Joel Alden Schlosser, Bryn Mawr College

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Future Freedoms draws on important contemporary research on aesthetics, sovereignty, and recognition but is unique in its application of these concepts to some of the richest comedies and tragedies of the classical era. The facility and fluidity with which Markovits marries these seemingly incongruous texts is nothing short of remarkable. She does the field an essential service by bringing the rich potentiality of Aristophanes, Euripides, and Aeschylus to the surface once again and allowing the contours of their arguments to further shape contemporary debates on democratic practice and intergenerational responsibility.

Smita A. Rahman, DePauw University

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FUTURE FREEDOMS

What do present generations owe the future? In Future Freedoms , Elizabeth Markovits asks readers to consider the fact that while democracy holds out the promise of freedom and autonomy, citizens are always bound by the decisions made by previous generations. Motivated by the contemporary political and theoretical landscape, Markovits examines the relationship between democratic citizenship and time by engaging ancient Greek tragedy and comedy. She reveals the ways in which democratic thought in the West has often hinged on ignoring intergenerational relationships and the obligations they create in favor of an emphasis on freedom as sovereignty. She claims that democratic citizens must develop a set of self-directed practices that better acknowledge citizens connections across time, cultivating a particular orientation toward themselves as part of much larger transgenerational assemblages. As celebrations and critiques of Athenian political identity, the ancient plays at the core of Future Freedoms remind readers that intergenerational questions strike at the heart of the democratic sensibility.

This invaluable book will be of interest to students, researchers, and scholars of political theory, the history of political thought, classics, and social and political philosophy.

Elizabeth K. Markovits is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Teaching & Learning Initiative at Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests range from ancient Greek thought to contemporary feminist and democratic theory. She is the author of The Politics of Sincerity: Frank Speech, Plato, and Democratic Judgment (2008). She has also published scholarly articles on Greek comedy and tragedy, rhetoric, and on women, carework, and democracy, as well as numerous op-eds.

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FUTURE FREEDOMS

Intergenerational Justice,
Democratic Theory, and Ancient
Greek Tragedy and Comedy

Elizabeth K. Markovits

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First published 2018
by Routledge
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and by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

2018 Taylor & Francis

The right of Elizabeth K. Markovits to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Markovits, Elizabeth, 1975- author.

Title: Future freedoms : intergenerational justice, democratic theory, and ancient Greek tragedy & comedy / Elizabeth K. Markovits.

Description: New York, NY : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017022202 (print) | LCCN 2017034716 (ebook) | ISBN 9781315160337 (Master) | ISBN 9781351662192 (WebPDF) | ISBN 9781351662185 ( ePub) | ISBN 9781351662178 (Mobipocket/Kindle) | ISBN 9781138064539 (hbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781138064584 (pbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315160337 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: Greek dramaHistory and criticism. | Democracy in literature. | Justice in literature.

Classification: LCC PA3131 (ebook) | LCC PA3131 .M3415 2018 (print) | DDC 882/.01093581dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017022202

ISBN: 978-1-138-06453-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-06458-4 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-16033-7 (ebk)

Typeset in Bembo
by Swales &Willis, Exeter, Devon, UK

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For Joe and Ilona

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I am very grateful to all the people who have helped bring this book into the world, especially Ali Aslam, Susan Bickford, Joan Cocks, Peter Euben, Dustin Ells Howes, Kristy King, Thornton Lockwood, Hollie Mann, Karen Remmler, Stephen Salkever, Arlene Saxonhouse, Erin Taylor, Christina Tarnopolsky, Liz Wingrove, and multiple anonymous reviewers. I was exceptionally fortunate to have benefitted from so many energizing discussions at the Association for Political Theory meetings over the last 10 + years and I owe a great deal to the wonderful community of political theorists there. The Yale Political Theory Workshop and the University of North Carolina Political Theory Workshop also provided important opportunities to test out arguments and hear new ideas. Special thanks also to Owen Kimm at Situations in Bristol for coffee and conversation, to Creative Time in Brooklyn for the use of Doomocracy materials, and to Viv Thomas from the Caer Heritage Project in Cardiff for his beautiful photographs from the Utopia Fair.

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