The Greeks and the Irrational

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-520-24230-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 336 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 204 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Reihe: Sather Classical Lectures

In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct observation?" Praised by reviewers as "an event in modern Greek scholarship" and "a book which it would be difficult to over-praise," The Greeks and the Irrational was Volume 25 of the Sather Classical Lectures series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dodds, Eric R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Agamemnon's Apology

II From Shame-Culture to Guilt-Culture

III The Blessings of Madness

IV Dream-Pattern and Culture-Pattern

V The Greek Shamans and the Origin of Puritanism

VI Rationalism and Reaction in the Classical Age

VII Plato, the Irrational Soul, and the Inherited Conglomerate

VIII The Fear of Freedom

Appendix I Maenadism

Appendix II Theurgy

Index