{"product_id":"civil-war-and-the-collapse-of-the-social-bond-the-roman-tradition-at-the-heart-of-the-modern-paperback-softback-9781009014281","title":"Civil War and the Collapse of the Social Bond; The Roman Tradition at the Heart of the Modern (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009014281","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCivil War and the Collapse of the Social Bond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Roman Tradition at the Heart of the Modern\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Roman tradition represents civil war as a political matter that cuts to the heart of family, sexuality, and society.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichèle Lowrie (Author), Barbara Vinken (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009014281, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 7 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.621 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Michèle Lowrie and Barbara Vinken's book addresses an important topic at a crucial moment … this is an important and challenging book …' Samuel Agbamu, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan civil war ever be overcome? Can a better order come into being? This book explores how the Roman civil wars of the first century BCE laid the template for addressing perennially urgent questions. The Roman Republic's collapse and Augustus' new Empire have remained ideological battlegrounds to this day. Integrative and disintegrative readings begun in antiquity (Vergil and Lucan) have left their mark on answers given by Christians (Augustine), secular republicans (Victor Hugo), and disillusioned satirists (Michel Houellebecq) alike. France's self-understanding as a new Rome – republican during the Revolution, imperial under successive Napoleons – makes it a special case in the Roman tradition. The same story returns repeatedly. A golden age of restoration glimmers on the horizon, but comes in the guise of a decadent, oriental empire that reintroduces and exposes everything already wrong under the defunct republic. Central to the price of social order is patriarchy's need to subjugate women.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Figures of discord\u003cbr\u003e 2. Oriental empire: Vergil, Georgics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Empire without end: Vergil, Aeneid and Lucan, De bello civili\u003cbr\u003e 4. The eternal city: Augustine, De civitate Dei\u003cbr\u003e 5. The republic to come: Hugo, Quatrevingt-treize\u003cbr\u003e 6. The empire to come: Houellebecq, Soumission\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52502952214808,"sku":"9781009014281","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009014281i.jpg?v=1786320880","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/civil-war-and-the-collapse-of-the-social-bond-the-roman-tradition-at-the-heart-of-the-modern-paperback-softback-9781009014281","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}