Antimonarchic Discourse in Antiquity

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-515-11095-2
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 3, 352 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 732 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Monarchies

When analyzing the character of monarchic regimes and their strategies for creating obedience and acceptance, the focus usually lies on the ruler ideology and the self-representation of the individual monarch. However, the contributions to the present volume try to approach the matter from the angle of the – real or merely anticipated – criticism against the background of which monarchic legitimization was expressed: what conditions, what elements, and what strategies were characteristic of a critical discussion of monocracy in antiquity, and to what extent was the relationship between ruler ideology and antimonarchic sentiment marked by mutual dependence? What significance did the eternal background noise possess which as a contre-discourse compelled rulers in Egypt, Persia, Judea, Greece and Rome to justify themselves again and again?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Börm, Henning

Weitere Mitwirkende

Havener, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Börm, Henning
Henning Börm is professor of Ancient History at the University of Rostock.