Emotion in Action

Thucydides and the Tragic Chorus
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-26929-3
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, Band 377, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Visvardi, Eirene

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Über Autor(innen)

Eirene Visvardi, PhD (2007), is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University.