Hubris, Ancient and Modern
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Hubris, Ancient and Modern

Concepts, Comparisons, Connections

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Hubris, Ancient and Modern

Concepts, Comparisons, Connections

About this book

Ancient Greek terminology continues to shape contemporary discourse; hubris is a case in point. Typically seen as the catastrophic yet common tendency to reach too high, only to fall, it remains a fixture in the contemporary discourse of business and politics. But hubris has also become a term of art for researchers in a number of academic disciplines; and it remains a hotly contested topic in Classics. This unique volume of essays explores the connections, continuities and differences between ancient hubris and its modern counterparts. Its distinguished multidisciplinary cast of experts in Classics, Business and Management Studies and Psychology explores what modern researchers can learn from the theorisation and deployment of hubris in ancient sources and how modern approaches to hubris can help us understand the ancient concept.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2025
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781009461443
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Imprints page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Foreword: Hubris in Politics
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. Part I Hybris in Classical Greece
  12. Part II Hubris in Contemporary Psychology and Neuroscience
  13. Part III Hubris in Business, Leadership and Management
  14. References
  15. Index

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