Corruption in the Graeco-Roman World | Buch

Cover: 9783111338606 | Corruption in the Graeco-Roman World | Re-Reading the Sources | Buch

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Defining corruption is an incredibly difficult task. Being at the same time a concept identifying illegitimate and illegal behaviors, mostly connected to positions of power, and a word indicating a process of (moral) degeneration, corruption is hard to tackle and disentangle - especially when one considers how it is perceived and discussed in public discourse. As deviance from the norm, corruption shifts continuously: different cultures recognize different kinds of behavior as "corrupt". Nonetheless, earlier studies on corruption in Greek and Roman antiquity have often tried to define which periods were "more" or "less corrupt", or how corruption influenced the demise of political orders (for example in the late Roman republic or in late antiquity). This volume develops a different approach, focusing on the ways in which ancient sources - literary texts, papyri, laws, etc. - have understood and defined corruption, to gain an emic perspective of corruption in different moments and contexts of Graeco-Roman Antiquity. The volume thus provides an innovative and comprehensive perspective on corruption and anti-corruption in Greek and Roman antiquity, thus providing relevant tools also for today's discussions about a topic which is and was always current.

Zusammenfassung

Filippo Carlà-Uhink and Eike Faber, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	XVIII 344 S. 2 farbige Illustr. 2 col. ill.
ISBN-13:	9783111338606
ISBN-10:	3111338606
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Filippo Carlà–uhink Eike Faber
Redaktion:	Carlà-Uhink, Filippo Faber, Eike
Herausgeber:	Filippo Carlà-Uhink/Eike Faber
Hersteller:	De Gruyter
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, D-10785 Berlin, productsafety@degruyterbrill.com
Abbildungen:	2 col. ill.
Maße:	20 x 175 x 245 mm
Von/Mit:	Filippo Carlà-Uhink (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.01.2025
Gewicht:	0,741 kg