No Regrets

Remorse in Classical Antiquity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquity is the first sustained study examining the circumstances under which the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. Despite a still-common notion that remorse is a modern, monotheistic emotion, it argues that remorse did in fact exist in pre-Christian antiquity. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how its parameters were rather different from its modern counterpart. Remorse in the ancient world was normally not expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, notably women, the young, and subjects of tyrants, nor was it redemptive, but often served to show defect of character. Through a series of examples, especially poetic, historical, and philosophical texts, this book demonstrates this was so because of the very high value placed on consistency of character in the ancient world. High-status men, in particular, faced constant challenges to their position, and maintaining at least the appearance of uniformity was essential to their successful functioning. The redemptive aspects of remorse, of learning from one's mistakes, were thus nearly absent in the ancient world.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-06-20
Mått148 x 221 x 23 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor286
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780199668892

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL ; 1. Prequel: A Penitent Emperor ; 2. Emotions, Remorse, and Consistency ; 3. The Shape of Ancient Remorse: Vocabulary and Definitions ; 4. Structure and Outline of the Book ; REMORSE IN ACTION: CASE STUDIES ; 5. Agamemnon, Achilles, and the Homeric Roots of Remorse ; 6. Neoptolemus and the Essential Elements of Remorse ; 7. Hermione s Feigned Regret ; 8. Killing Cleitus: Alexander s Fruitless Remorse ; 9. Comedy Means (Almost) Never Having to Say You re Sorry ; 10. Ovid and the Coercion of Remorse from Above ; 11. Nero s Degenerate Remorse ; 12. Command Performance: Mutiny in the Roman Army ; 13. Plutarch on Consistency and the Statesman ; CONCLUSIONS ; 14. Late Antiquity and the Conversion of Emotion ; 15. Final (Re)considerations ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

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