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Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome

By Robert A. Kaster

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780195140781, 0195140788
LCC
PA6029.E56 K37 2005
Open Library ID
OL3294040M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2304331 bytes)
Series
Classical culture and society
Pages
258\258
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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.

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