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Autore: | Barton Carlin A. <1948-> |
Titolo: | Roman honor [[electronic resource] ] : the fire in the bones / / Carlin A. Barton |
Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Edizione: | Reprint 2020 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina: | 870.9/353 |
Soggetto topico: | Latin literature - History and criticism |
Honor in literature | |
National characteristics, Roman | |
Honor - Rome - History | |
Soggetto geografico: | Rome Historiography |
Soggetto non controllato: | ancient roman history |
ancient roman society | |
ancient romans | |
ancient rome | |
anthropology | |
choosing life | |
cicero | |
confession | |
contest culture | |
cultural studies | |
dishonor | |
embodiment | |
emotional life | |
honor | |
inner desires | |
livy | |
modern history | |
ordeals | |
philosophical code | |
philosophy | |
psychology | |
remedies of defeat | |
roman empire | |
roman republic | |
roman soul | |
rome | |
seneca | |
sense of shame | |
sentiment | |
shame | |
social behavior | |
social fabric | |
social theory | |
sociology | |
spirit speaking | |
spiritual life | |
supplication | |
symbol | |
theory of the self | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-316) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART 1 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IN ANCIENT ROME: HONOR AND EMBODIMENT IN A CONTEST CULTURE; PART 2 CONFESSION AND THE ROMAN SOUL; PART 3 ON THE WIRE: THE EXPERIENCE OF SHAME IN ANCIENT ROME; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Roman honor |
ISBN: | 0-520-40434-3 |
0-520-92564-5 | |
1-59734-875-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780082503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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