Rebecca Langlands (University of Exeter)

Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking study reveals the thrill and moral power of the ancient Roman story-world and its ancestral tales of bloody heroism. These famous exempla disseminated widely not only core values such as courage and loyalty, but also key ethical debates and controversies which are still relevant for us today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781108971645
• ISBN-10: 1108971644
• Artikelnr.: 60137765

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Langlands is Professor of Classics at the University of Exeter. Her books include Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome (Cambridge, 2006) and Sex, Knowledge, and Receptions of the Past (2015). She is also a founder and director of the award-winning Sex and History project, which works with museums, schools, charities and young people to promote empowering discussion of contemporary sexual issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Roman values and the archetypal exemplum
2. The special capacity of exemplary stories
3. Exploitation, participation and the social function exempla
4. The experience of learning from exempla
5. Multiplicity, breadth, diversity and situational sensitivity in exemplary ethics
6. Working consensus around Roman exempla
7. Indeterminacy of exempla: interpretation, motivation and improvisation
8. Sites of exemplarity: referentiality, memory, orality
9. The dynamics of cultural memory: forgetting, rupture, contestation
10. Changing sites of exemplarity: two case studies
11. Diachronic overview of the exemplary terrain
12. Controversial thinking through exempla
13. Philosophical and literary adventures in the exemplary terrain
Conclusion.