Emotions across Cultures Ancient China and Greece

It is now recognized that emotions have a history. In this book, eleven scholars examine a variety of emotions in ancient China and classical Greece, in their historical and social context. A general introduction presents the major issues in the analysis of emotions across cultures and over time in...

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Other Authors:	Konstan, David (Editor), Cairns, Douglas, contributor (contributor), Ford, Randolph, contributor (editor), Hua, Yang, contributor, Kirby, John T., contributor, Kiritsi, Stavroula, contributor, Konstan, David, contributor, Konstan, David, editor, Lu, Zhao, contributor, Nylan, Michael, contributor, Virág, Curie, contributor, Wilson, Trenton, contributor, Zhou, Yiqun, contributor
Format:	eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022 Berlin ; Boston : [2022]
Series:	Roma Sinica
Subjects:	Emotions > Cross-cultural studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. Antiquity. China. Greece. emotions. Cross-cultural studies.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009675625806719

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Preface
Contents
Introduction
You are What Eats at You: Anxiety in Medieval Chinese Divinatory and Medical Manuals
Can We Find Hope in Ancient Greek Philosophy? Elpis in Plato and Aristotle
A Brief History of Daring
Anger as an Ethnographic Trope: Changing Views from Aristotle to Seneca
Hatred and Revenge in Ancient China During the Qin and Han (221 B.C.-220 A.D.): The Expression of Emotions and the Conflict between Ritual and Law
Tragic Emotions – Then and Now
Analyzing the Emotions across Three Ancient Cultures: Greece, India, China
Gender, Social Hierarchies, and Negative Emotions in Liu Xiang’s Biographies of Women
Emotions, Measurement and the Technê of Practical Wisdom in Xúnzǐ’s Ethical Theory
Contributors
Index

Emotions across Cultures Ancient China and Greece

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