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Anger as a Mechanism for Social Control in Imperial Rome
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Knight, J, Anger as a Mechanism for Social Control in Imperial Rome, Emotion and Persuasion in Classical Antiquity, Franz Steiner Verlag, E Sanders, M Johncock (ed), Germany, pp. 183-198. ISBN 978-3-515-11364-9 (2016) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
Anger is often taken for granted as a universally understood emotion. Emotion
theorists, both ancient and modern, frequently include anger in lists of ‘basic
emotions,’ which implies that there is something about anger that is fundamental
to human psychology and physiology. This has given rise to the assumption that
because we all feel anger, we know anger when we see it, and we understand what
it signifies. Now that scholars in diverse fields have begun to study anger through
the lens of their disciplines, the sense that anger is uncomplicated persists, even
though it has been observed that the ‘rules’ for anger differ significantly across
cultures. In recent years Classicists have launched studies that explore various
aspects of ancient emotional culture, but the majority skirt the issue of anger even
when an understanding of the emotion is essential to their thesis; for example,
studies on regret and forgiveness in the ancient world depend upon the assumption
that anger in ancient cultures is already thoroughly understood.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | anger, imperial Rome, history, emotion theory |
Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | Classical Greek and Roman history |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
UTAS Author: | Knight, J (Dr Jayne Knight) |
ID Code: | 109632 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2016-06-23 |
Last Modified: | 2018-03-13 |
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