Description
- It provides a detailed examination of emotions in Polybius' Histories, offering the first largescale evaluation of an ancient historian’s treatment of emotion.
Holistic treatment of Polybius’ use of emotion, moving beyond his criticism of earlier historians (which has received much attention).
- Reevaluation of ancient and persistent stereotypes and stances towards emotion, the groups of people typically associated with emotion, and a dichotomy between emotion and rationality.
- New interpretations of important passages in Polybius’ Histories, including the causation of the Second Punic War and the theory of the cycle of constitutions and mixed constitution.
- Use of modern philosophies of emotion and political theory to illuminate the ancient text.
- Analysis of audience-based emotion (as opposed to purely character-based emotion) and Polybius’ unique vision of emotion as one of the primary benefits for his readers to take from history.
Book Information
ISBN 9781032423623
Author Regina M. Loehr
Format Hardback
Page Count 234
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 610g
