Michael Champion
Biographic Data
| ID | 5643235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Champion |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Champion |
| SIGNATURE | CHAMPION M |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3038-6648 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge World History of Genocide
Volume I offers an introductory survey of the phenomenon of genocide. The first five chapters examine its major recurring themes, while the further nineteen are specific case studies. The combination of thematic and empirical approaches illuminates the origins and long history of genocide, its causes, consistent characteristics, and the connections linking various cases from earliest times to the early modern era. The themes examined include the …
Before Emotion
‘A pleasure to gaze on great conflicts’
This chapter investigates some key ideas and images relating to violence in Epicurean ethics and political philosophy. It seeks to move beyond earlier grand narratives of an alleged Hellenistic decline of reason and the interiorisation of philosophy, and put the accent on social relations in Epicurean philosophy in the context of violence broadly conceived. An Epicurean view of violence acknowledges diverse physical and material violence: militar…
Epilogue
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the diversity and particularity of the experience and representation of violence in the period, and the importance of treating the widest range of source material in constructing histories of violence. It suggests that a key cultural phenomenon of violence in the period is the collapse of the categories of publi…
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experiment…
Understanding Emotions in Early Europe
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experiment…
Understanding Emotions in Early Europe
‘A pleasure to gaze on great conflicts’
This chapter investigates some key ideas and images relating to violence in Epicurean ethics and political philosophy. It seeks to move beyond earlier grand narratives of an alleged Hellenistic decline of reason and the interiorisation of philosophy, and put the accent on social relations in Epicurean philosophy in the context of violence broadly conceived. An Epicurean view of violence acknowledges diverse physical and material violence: militar…
Epilogue
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the diversity and particularity of the experience and representation of violence in the period, and the importance of treating the widest range of source material in constructing histories of violence. It suggests that a key cultural phenomenon of violence in the period is the collapse of the categories of publi…
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experiment…
Before Emotion
The Cambridge World History of Genocide
Volume I offers an introductory survey of the phenomenon of genocide. The first five chapters examine its major recurring themes, while the further nineteen are specific case studies. The combination of thematic and empirical approaches illuminates the origins and long history of genocide, its causes, consistent characteristics, and the connections linking various cases from earliest times to the early modern era. The themes examined include the …
Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Emotions (2 works) · Historical Influence and Diplomacy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · 476-1492 (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)