The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights

Author:   Rachel Hall Sternberg
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
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9781477322918


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   13 July 2021
Format:   Hardback
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The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights


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2022 PROSE Award Finalist in Classics Although the era of the Enlightenment witnessed the rise of philosophical debates around benevolent social practice, the origins of European humane discourse date further back, to Classical Athens. The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights analyzes the parallel confluences of cultural factors facing ancient Greeks and eighteenth-century Europeans that facilitated the creation and transmission of humane values across history. Rachel Hall Sternberg argues that precursors to the concept of human rights exist in the ancient articulation of emotion, though the ancient Greeks, much like eighteenth-century European societies, often failed to live up to those values. Merging the history of ideas with cultural history, Sternberg examines literary themes upholding empathy and human dignity from Thucydides's and Xenophon's histories to Voltaire's Candide, and from Greek tragic drama to the eighteenth-century novel. She describes shared impacts of the trauma of war, the appeal to reason, and the public acceptance of emotion that encouraged the birth and rebirth of humane values.

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Author:   Rachel Hall Sternberg
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9781477322918


ISBN 10:   1477322914
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   13 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Timeline for Greece Key to Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Exploration A. Enlightened Athens in the Age of Jefferson Part I. Parallel Waves Chapter 1. Reason Chapter 2. Warfare Chapter 3. Empathy and Tears Chapter 4. Humane Discourse Exploration B. Cyrus the Great Part II. Ancient Greek Roots Chapter 5. Elements Chapter 6. Paths Exploration C. Tensions Conclusions Notes Works Cited Subject Index Index of Ancient Passages

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[The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights] adduces striking parallels between ancient and modern thought and suggests promising future avenues of research. * The Classical Review *


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Rachel Hall Sternberg is an associate professor of classics and history at Case Western Reserve University. She is the author of Tragedy Offstage: Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens and editor of Pity and Power in Ancient Athens.

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