Aristotle’s Civic Friendship and Reinvigorating the Notion of Republican Citizenship.

In this paper, I argue that since the new global economic crises is heralding an ideological shift change in both politics and economics, we should develop or rather rediscover and reconstruct the idea of Republican citizenship in the domain of nation-states. Accordingly, not only a notion of full-fledged citizenship including civil, political and social rights first mentioned by T.H. Marshall ought to be adopted, but also a new an alternative urbanization ought also be developed through the reconstruction of downtown areas as opposed to increasing sub-urbanization of cities across the globe, which have created atomized, isolated and alienated individuals, families and life spheres. This latter achievement would reinvigorate, if not recreate, what Aristotle calls ‘civic friendship’ among individuals, re-establishing a vibrant city life as well as creating a political community where people can enjoy a sense of solidarity and friendship. I also argue that this what we can easily call a renewed type of Republican citizenship with its deeper political and economic ramifications would create a political environment through which citizens could renegotiate their civic, political and economic conditions with the state… ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]