Steven D Smith-undifferentiated
Biographic Data
| ID | 9305012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven D Smith-undifferentiated |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven D |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith-undifferentiated |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH-UNDIFFERENTIATED S D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
Man and Animal in Severan Rome
The Roman sophist Claudius Aelianus, born in Praeneste in the late second century CE, spent his career cultivating a Greek literary persona. Aelian was a highly regarded writer during his own lifetime, and his literary compilations would be influential for a thousand years and more in the Roman world. This book argues that the De natura animalium, a miscellaneous treasury of animal lore and Aelian's greatest work, is a sophisticated literary crit…
The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse
Prominent observers complain that public discourse in America is shallow and unedifying -- This debased conditions often attributed to, among other things, the resurgence of religion in public life. Steven D. Smith argues that this diagnosis has the matter backwards: it is not primarily religion but rather the strictures of secular rationalism that have drained our modern discourse of force and authenticity. Thus Rawlsian public reason filters ap…
Against the Law
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Against the Law
The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse
Prominent observers complain that public discourse in America is shallow and unedifying -- This debased conditions often attributed to, among other things, the resurgence of religion in public life. Steven D. Smith argues that this diagnosis has the matter backwards: it is not primarily religion but rather the strictures of secular rationalism that have drained our modern discourse of force and authenticity. Thus Rawlsian public reason filters ap…
Man and Animal in Severan Rome
The Roman sophist Claudius Aelianus, born in Praeneste in the late second century CE, spent his career cultivating a Greek literary persona. Aelian was a highly regarded writer during his own lifetime, and his literary compilations would be influential for a thousand years and more in the Roman world. This book argues that the De natura animalium, a miscellaneous treasury of animal lore and Aelian's greatest work, is a sophisticated literary crit…
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
Art (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Animals in literature (1 works) · Antique (1 works)