|
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500
|
Buy Now
Reading Roman Pride (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R1,869
Discovery Miles 18 690
|
|
|
Reading Roman Pride (Hardcover)
Series: Emotions of the Past
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Pride is pervasive in Roman texts, as an emotion and a political
and social concept implicated in ideas of power. This study
examines Roman discourse of pride from two distinct complementary
perspectives. The first is based on scripts, mini-stories told to
illustrate what pride is, how it arises and develops, and where it
fits within the Roman emotional landscape. The second is semantic,
and draws attention to differences between terms within the pride
field. The peculiar feature of Roman pride that emerges is that it
appears exclusively as a negative emotion, attributed externally
and condemned, up to the Augustan period. This previously unnoticed
lack of expression of positive pride in republican discourse is a
result of the way the Roman republican elite articulates its values
as anti-monarchical and is committed, within the governing class,
to power-sharing and a kind of equality. The book explores this
uniquely Roman articulation of pride attributed to people, places,
and institutions and traces the partial rehabilitation of pride
that begins in the texts of the Augustan poets at the time of great
political change. Reading for pride produces innovative readings of
texts that range from Plautus to Ausonius, with major focus on
Cicero, Livy, Vergil, and other Augustan poets.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
