Culture And Restraint Scholars Choice Edition

Download or read book Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome written by Robert A. Kaster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ways in which emotions, & talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic & early Empire periods. The book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation & revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways.