Civil War and the Collapse of the Social Bond: The Roman Tradition at the Heart of the Modern

ISBN-13: 9781316516447 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 360 str.

Barbara (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Vinken

Opis

The Roman tradition represents civil war as a political matter that cuts to the heart of family, sexuality, and society.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Figures of discord; 2. Oriental empire: Vergil, Georgics; 3. Empire without end: Vergil, Aeneid and Lucan, De bello civili; 4. The eternal city: Augustine, De civitate Dei; 5. The republic to come: Hugo, Quatrevingt-treize; 6. The empire to come: Houellebecq, Soumission; Bibliography.