Unveiling Emotions

Sources and Methods for the Study of Emotions in the Greek World

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ID19906396
EditorsAngelos Chaniotis
Year2013
Publication date2013-10-08
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueUnveiling Emotions (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherFranz Steiner Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.25162/9783515104999
OpenAlexW4297877028
Open LibraryOL38368754M
ISBN9783515104999
LanguageEN
Citations received38

This volume presents the first results of research conducted on 'The Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm' by a research group in Oxford funded by the European Research Council. The project aims at contributing to a better understanding of the social and cultural factors that determine the manifestation of emotions in texts (papyri, inscriptions, literary sources) and in the material evidence from the Greek and Greek-speaking world (c. 800 BCE – c. 600 CE). The four introductory chapters address problems in the study of emotions in antiquity. They are followed by ten case-studies in which the manifestation and arousal of emotions (fear, anger, envy, grief, hope) are studied in various contexts (religion, litigation, political life, art, private life) and in connection with a variety of media (narratives of miracles, dedications, curses, acclamations, petitions, condolence letters, forensic oratory, architecture, images)

Aesthetics · Anger · Art · Face (sociological concept) · Grief · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Visual arts · Architecture · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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