Aristotle’s Household Politics: Arche Politike in the Oikos and the Polis

• In Event: Polis and Psyche

Brief Overview

Arche politike is often contrasted with oikonomia, where arche politike is the rule of the polis alone and oikonomia is the rule of the oikos alone. This contrast rests on the mistaken assumption that arche politike is exercised only in the polis.

Author

• Armando Perez-Gea, Stanford University