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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953767103321

Autore

Kaster Robert A

Titolo

Emotion, restraint, and community in ancient Rome / / Robert A. Kaster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

9786610481514

9780198032274

0198032277

9780190286361

0190286369

9781602569287

1602569282

9781280481512

128048151X

9780195336078

0195336070

9780195140781

0195140788

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 245 p

Collana

Classical culture and society

Disciplina

870.9/353

Soggetti

Latin literature - History and criticism

Emotions in literature

Literature and society - Rome

Ethics, Ancient, in literature

Self-control in literature

Upper class in literature

Communities in literature

Upper class - Rome

Rome In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Between Respect and Shame:



Verecundia and the Art of Social Worry -- 2. Fifty Ways to Feel Your Pudor -- 3. The Structure of Paenitentia and the Egoism of Regret -- 4. Invidia Is One Thing, Invidia Quite Another -- 5. The Dynamics of Fastidium and the Ideology of Disgust -- 6. Epilogue-Being "Wholly" Roman -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Authors and Works -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- V -- X -- Index of Subjects and Persons -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.

Sommario/riassunto

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.