Buch, Englisch, Band 377, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 599 g
Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements
Buch, Englisch, Band 377, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 599 g
Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements
ISBN: 978-90-04-26929-3
Verlag: Brill
Emotion in Action: Thucydides and the Tragic Chorus offers a new approach to the tragic chorus by examining how certain choruses ‘act’ on their shared feelings. Eirene Visvardi redefines choral action, analyzes choruses that enact fear and pity, and juxtaposes them to the Atheniandêmos in Thucydides’ History. Considered together, these texts undermine the sharp divide between emotion and reason and address a preoccupation that emerges as central in Athenian life: how to channel the motivational power of collective emotion into judicious action and render it conducive to cohesion and collective prosperity. Through their performance of emotion, tragic choruses raise the question of which collective voices deserve a hearing in the institutions of the polis and suggest diverse ways to envision passionate judgment and action.
Zielgruppe
Specialists and readers interested in Greek drama, the tragic chorus, Thucydides, Aristotle, emotion in antiquity, collective emotion and action in democracy – ancient and modern, crowd psychology, aesthetics and politics.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
