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Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome
Taschenbuch von Rebecca Langlands
Sprache: Englisch

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This ground-breaking study reveals the thrill and moral power of the ancient Roman story-world and its ancestral tales of bloody heroism. These famous exempla disseminated widely not only core values such as courage and loyalty, but also key ethical debates and controversies which are still relevant for us today.
This ground-breaking study reveals the thrill and moral power of the ancient Roman story-world and its ancestral tales of bloody heroism. These famous exempla disseminated widely not only core values such as courage and loyalty, but also key ethical debates and controversies which are still relevant for us today.
Über den Autor
Rebecca Langlands is Professor of Classics at the University of Exeter. Her books include Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome (Cambridge, 2006) and Sex, Knowledge, and Receptions of the Past (2015). She is also a founder and director of the award-winning Sex and History project, which works with museums, schools, charities and young people to promote empowering discussion of contemporary sexual issues.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Roman values and the archetypal exemplum; 2. The special capacity of exemplary stories; 3. Exploitation, participation and the social function exempla; 4. The experience of learning from exempla; 5. Multiplicity, breadth, diversity and situational sensitivity in exemplary ethics; 6. Working consensus around Roman exempla; 7. Indeterminacy of exempla: interpretation, motivation and improvisation; 8. Sites of exemplarity: referentiality, memory, orality; 9. The dynamics of cultural memory: forgetting, rupture, contestation; 10. Changing sites of exemplarity: two case studies; 11. Diachronic overview of the exemplary terrain; 12. Controversial thinking through exempla; 13. Philosophical and literary adventures in the exemplary terrain; Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 382
ISBN-13: 9781108971645
ISBN-10: 1108971644
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Langlands, Rebecca
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Rebecca Langlands
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,552 kg
preigu-id: 118955267
Über den Autor
Rebecca Langlands is Professor of Classics at the University of Exeter. Her books include Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome (Cambridge, 2006) and Sex, Knowledge, and Receptions of the Past (2015). She is also a founder and director of the award-winning Sex and History project, which works with museums, schools, charities and young people to promote empowering discussion of contemporary sexual issues.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Roman values and the archetypal exemplum; 2. The special capacity of exemplary stories; 3. Exploitation, participation and the social function exempla; 4. The experience of learning from exempla; 5. Multiplicity, breadth, diversity and situational sensitivity in exemplary ethics; 6. Working consensus around Roman exempla; 7. Indeterminacy of exempla: interpretation, motivation and improvisation; 8. Sites of exemplarity: referentiality, memory, orality; 9. The dynamics of cultural memory: forgetting, rupture, contestation; 10. Changing sites of exemplarity: two case studies; 11. Diachronic overview of the exemplary terrain; 12. Controversial thinking through exempla; 13. Philosophical and literary adventures in the exemplary terrain; Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 382
ISBN-13: 9781108971645
ISBN-10: 1108971644
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Langlands, Rebecca
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Rebecca Langlands
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,552 kg
preigu-id: 118955267
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