Restraining rage : the ideology of anger control in classical antiquity / / William V. Harris

• Autore: Harris William V (William Vernon)
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 468 p. )
• Disciplina: 152.4/7/0938
• Soggetto topico: Anger - Greece - History; Anger - Rome - History; Civilization, Classical
• Classificazione: NH 5250
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-456) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- I. Approaches -- 1. Striving for Anger Control -- 2. Science and Feelings -- 3. The Greek and Latin Terminology -- 4. The Minds of Ancient Authors -- 5. A Tradition of Self-Control -- 6. Philosophies of Restraining Rage -- II. Anger in Society and in the State -- 7. The Heroes and the Archaic State -- 8. Living Together in the Classical Polis -- 9. The Roman Version -- 10. Restraining the Angry Ruler -- 11. A Thesis about Women and Anger -- III. Intimate Rage -- 12. Family and Friends -- 13. Slavery -- IV. Anger and the Invention of Psychic Health -- 14. Anger as a Sickness of the Soul in Classical Greece -- 15. Can You Cure Emotions? Hellenistic and Roman Anger Therapy -- 16. From Sickness to Sin: Early Christianity and Anger -- 17. Retrospect and Prospect -- Bibliography -- Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Restraining rage
• ISBN: 0-674-03835-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248125203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Fellows’ publications.; ACLS Humanities E-Book.