Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Theories and Representations of Tyranny from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-939485-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Evil Lords uses the prism of bad rule or tyranny to enhance our undestranding of political discourse from the ancient world to the renaissance, offering insights into pre-modern conceptions of sovereignty, as well as into the relation between ethics and politics, the individual and society, and power and propaganda. The volume brings together case studies from 12 top scholars, each examining various aspects of Hebrew, Graeco-Roman, Byzantine, medieval, and
Renaissance conceptions and representations of tyrannical government.
The book's chapters also examine notions of bad rule within the ideological frameworks and societal patterns of the respective periods, thus painting a picture of historical and intellectual change. This chronological and geographical span creates a narrative of the Western tradition on tyranny from its ancient roots up to its radical revision at the brink of modernity. Tracing this current, the book also shows how tributary developments indigenous to Republican Rome, the Germanic North, and
Byzantium fed, and altered, the course of tyranny.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
