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Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, David Tandy
Publisher: Oxford University Press

As a cultural historian interested in friendship and social networks, I was pleased and excited when I heard about the new BBC Radio series exploring friendship since the sixteenth century. Indeed, the plays of Aristophanes are not only a record of Greek theatre but also provide an invaluable insight into many of the political and social aspects of ancient Greece, from the practicalities of jury service to details of religious rituals in major festivals. 22 hours ago - Right now you'll find 113 free philosophy courses, 78 free history courses, 100 free computer science courses, and 54 free physics courses in the collection, and that's just beginning to scratch the surface. May 12, 2014 - What can the history of morality tell us about the nature of morality? As people rejected the idea of society as a given, so ought became a political, rather than merely moral, demand: how society ought to be was defined by the political possibilities of social change. Mar 13, 2013 - His innovative and sometimes rough comedy could also hide more sophisticated digs at the political elite and deal with social issues such as cultural change and the role of women in society. The Greeks: History, Culture and Society. Feb 13, 2007 - A Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Ancient Greek pederasty was perhaps not totally like this . Ancient Greek culture is, to a modern sensibility, both an alien moral world and one upon which we draw for our moral insights. Mar 6, 2014 - The reason why humans choose to do things of a cultural nature is not explained entirely by any one economic, social, political, personal, practical, or aesthetic reason, but by a combination of all of these, and even then, the custom, particularly if it is outside our modern experience, may still remain mysterious. Friendships were not restricted to exclusively civic and political fields, as most of the ancient Greek philosophers believed, but instead, influenced by the predominant Christian mentality, they also acquired spiritual and in some cases mystical connotations. Apr 24, 2012 - Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, Vol 8, No 1 (2012). Home · About This paper unites Deely's call for a better understanding of semiotics with Jaeger's insight into the sophists and the cultural history of the Ancient Greeks. The two bodies of Jaeger explains how cultural expression, particularly poetry, changed through the archaic and classical eras to deliver, or at least to be commensurate with contemporary politics and ideologies. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History.