Although humanity has changed since the times of the ancient Greeks, this study claims that the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. We are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we properly grasp our most important differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery. This treatise is directed towards writers such as Homer and the tragedians. At the centre of the study is the question of how we can understand Greek ...
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Although humanity has changed since the times of the ancient Greeks, this study claims that the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. We are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we properly grasp our most important differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery. This treatise is directed towards writers such as Homer and the tragedians. At the centre of the study is the question of how we can understand Greek tragedy at all, when its world is so far from ours.
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254 pp., Hardcover, very good in a very good dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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GOOD in Very Good jacket. 254 pp. Spine cocked, occasional pen markings. From the personal library of theologian and ethicist Stanley Hauerwas with his signature to FFEP.
Add this copy of Shame and Necessity to cart. $30.00, good condition, Sold by BARNABY rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1993 by University of California Press.
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Good Condition. Dust jacket is fully intact. Ownership inscription on first inside page. All pages free from notes or highlighting. In good shape overall. Size: 23.6 x 15.5 x 2.6 cm. 254 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Necessity (Philosophy) in literature; Philosophy, Ancient, in literature; Shame in literature; Greek poetry; Ethics in literature; Responsibility in literature; ISBN: 0520080467. ISBN/EAN: 9780520080461. Add. Inventory No: 231020HAAC01088.
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Good+/Good+ (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are otherwise clear. ) Pale gray cloth boards with gilt lettering; color illustrated dj; mylar cover; xii, 254 pp. "The author is a philosopher, but much of his book is directed to writers such as Homer and the tragedians, whom he discusses as poets and not just materials for philosophy. At the center of his study is the question of how we can understand Greek tragedy at all, when its world is so far from ours."-DJ. Contents: I. The Liberation of Antiquity--II. Centres of Agency--III. Recognising Responsibility--IV. Shame and Autonomy--V. Necessary Identities--VI. Possibility, Freedom, and Power--Endnote 1: Mechanisms of Shame and Guilt--Endnote 2: Phaedra's Distinction: Euripides Hippolytus 380-87--Index Locorum.
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Good. Cloth, dj. Moderate edge wear to dj; rubbing to dj panels. Minor shelf wear to boards. Light pencil annotations sporadically throughout text. Nonetheless a solid working copy. Good.
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