The Resource Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths, Emily Katz Anhalt
Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths, Emily Katz Anhalt
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The item Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths, Emily Katz Anhalt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
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- Summary
- "Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. Composed before and during the ancient Greeks' groundbreaking movement away from autocracy toward more inclusive political participation, these stories offer guidelines for modern efforts to create and maintain civil societies. Emily Katz Anhalt reveals how these three masterworks of classical Greek literature can teach us, as they taught the ancient Greeks, to recognize violent revenge as a marker of illogical thinking and poor leadership. These time-honored texts emphasize the costs of our dangerous penchant for glorifying violent rage and those who would indulge in it. By promoting compassion, rational thought, and debate, Greek myths help to arm us against the tyrants we might serve and the tyrants we might become."--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 268 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The power of stories
- Passions and priorities (Iliad 1)
- Them and us (Iliad 6)
- Cultivating rational thought (Iliad 9)
- Violence, vengeance, and a glimpse of victory (Iliad 10-24)
- The dangers of democratic decision making (Sophocles' Ajax)
- The abuse of power and its consequences (Euripides' Hecuba)
- Conclusion: the ends of self-government
- Isbn
- 9780300217377
- Label
- Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths
- Title
- Enraged
- Title remainder
- why violent times need ancient Greek myths
- Statement of responsibility
- Emily Katz Anhalt
- Subject
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- Anger in literature
- Anger in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Ajax (Sophocles)
- Civilization, Classical
- Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
- Iliad (Homer)
- Civilization, Classical
- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Hecuba (Euripides)
- Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation
- Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. Composed before and during the ancient Greeks' groundbreaking movement away from autocracy toward more inclusive political participation, these stories offer guidelines for modern efforts to create and maintain civil societies. Emily Katz Anhalt reveals how these three masterworks of classical Greek literature can teach us, as they taught the ancient Greeks, to recognize violent revenge as a marker of illogical thinking and poor leadership. These time-honored texts emphasize the costs of our dangerous penchant for glorifying violent rage and those who would indulge in it. By promoting compassion, rational thought, and debate, Greek myths help to arm us against the tyrants we might serve and the tyrants we might become."--Amazon
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Anhalt, Emily Katz
- Dewey number
- 883/.01
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PA4037
- LC item number
- .A54 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Homer
- Sophocles
- Euripides
- Anger in literature
- Civilization
- Civilization, Classical
- Anger in literature
- Civilization, Classical
- Civilization
- Label
- Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths, Emily Katz Anhalt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The power of stories -- Passions and priorities (Iliad 1) -- Them and us (Iliad 6) -- Cultivating rational thought (Iliad 9) -- Violence, vengeance, and a glimpse of victory (Iliad 10-24) -- The dangers of democratic decision making (Sophocles' Ajax) -- The abuse of power and its consequences (Euripides' Hecuba) -- Conclusion: the ends of self-government
- Control code
- ocn995781609
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 268 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300217377
- Lccn
- 2017930760
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)995781609
- Label
- Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths, Emily Katz Anhalt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The power of stories -- Passions and priorities (Iliad 1) -- Them and us (Iliad 6) -- Cultivating rational thought (Iliad 9) -- Violence, vengeance, and a glimpse of victory (Iliad 10-24) -- The dangers of democratic decision making (Sophocles' Ajax) -- The abuse of power and its consequences (Euripides' Hecuba) -- Conclusion: the ends of self-government
- Control code
- ocn995781609
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 268 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300217377
- Lccn
- 2017930760
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)995781609
Subject
- Ajax (Sophocles)
- Anger in literature
- Anger in literature
- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Civilization, Classical
- Civilization, Classical
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation
- Hecuba (Euripides)
- Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
- Iliad (Homer)
- Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation
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