Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome

Zusatztext Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome is one of those scintillating books that tell us something about both the Romans and ourselves.... Kaster is a marvellous scholar at the top of his form. Klappentext Emotion, Restraint, and Community examines the ways in which emotions, and talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. By considering how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation, and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways, the book casts new light both on the Romans and on cross-cultural understanding of emotions. Zusammenfassung Emotion! Restraint! and Community examines the ways in which emotions! and talk about emotions! interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. By considering how various Roman forms of fear! dismay! indignation! and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways! the book casts new light both on the Romans and on cross-cultural understanding of emotions.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Kaster, Robert A. Kaster, Robert A. (Department of Classics Kaster, Kaster Robert A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2007
• EAN: 9780195336078
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533607-8
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Classical Culture and Society; Classical Culture and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Psychology, Social & cultural history, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Ancient History, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval