Jonathan Gottschall

The Rape of Troy

Evolution, Violence, and the World of Homer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A highly innovative study analysing Homeric conflict from the perspective of modern evolutionary biology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780521870382
• ISBN-10: 0521870380
• Artikelnr.: 23117517

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Gottschall is Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Washington and Jefferson College. He co-edited (with David Sloan Wilson) The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (2005) and has published numerous articles seeking to bridge the humanities-sciences divide.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Rebuilding Homer's Greece
2. A short ethnography of Homeric society
3. Why do men fight? The evolutionary biology and anthropology of male violence
4. What launched the 1,186 ships?
5. Status warriors
6. Homeric women: re-imagining the fitness landscape
7. Homer's missing daughters
8. The prisoner's dilemma and the mystery of tragedy
Conclusion: between lions and men.

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Introduction; 1. Rebuilding Homer's Greece; 2. A short ethnography of Homeric society; 3. Why do men fight? The evolutionary biology and anthropology of male violence; 4. What launched the 1,186 ships?; 5. Status warriors; 6. Homeric women: re-imagining the fitness landscape; 7. Homer's missing daughters; 8. The prisoner's dilemma and the mystery of tragedy; Conclusion: between lions and men.

Rezensionen

'Gottschall brings new evidence from anthropology and evolutionary biology to show how Homer's world fits a common pattern where too many young men and not enough women leads to big trouble; think of those who died at Troy, for Helen. This is a fine book in a vigorous style with a delightfully fresh take on an old story. The best book on Homer I've read in years.' Barry B. Powell, Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison