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Availability:In StockContributor:Douglas Cairns (Editor), Nick Bouras (Editor), Eugene Sadler-Smith (With)Publish date:12/4/2025Pages:318
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009461399ISBN-10:1009461397UPC:9781009461399Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3118Product ID:SCAZYQVCDV
Hubris, Ancient and Modern
Ancient Greek terminology continues to shape contemporary discourse; hubris is a case in point. Typically seen as the catastrophic yet common tendency to reach too high, only to fall, it remains a fixture in the contemporary discourse of business and politics. But hubris has also become a term of art for researchers in a number of academic disciplines; and it remains a hotly contested topic in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009461399ISBN-10:1009461397UPC:9781009461399Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3118Product ID:SCAZYQVCDV
Cairns, Douglas: - DOUGLAS CAIRNS (MAE, FRSE, FBA) is Professor of Classics at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Aidôs: The Psychology and Ethics of Honour and Shame in Ancient Greek Literature (1993). Among his most recent edited and co-edited volumes are A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity (2019), Emotions through Time: From Antiquity to Byzantium (2022) and In the...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Contributor(s)
Douglas Cairns (Editor), Nick Bouras (Editor), Eugene Sadler-Smith (With)
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