Politics of Orality

Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece, Vol. 6
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-14540-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 280, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

This volume represents the sixth in the series on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. The present work comprises a collection of essays that explore the tensions and controversies that arise as a society moves from an oral to literate culture. Part 1 deals with both Homeric and other forms of epic; part 2 explores different ways in which texts and writing were manipulated for political ends. Part 3 and 4 deals with the controversies surrounding the adoption of writing as the accepted mode of communication; whereas some segments of society began to privilege writing over oral communication, others continued to maintain that the latter was superior. Part 4 looks at the oral elements of Athenian Law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Craig R. Cooper, Ph.D. (1992) in Classics, University of British Columbia, is Associate Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. He has published on the Athenian law, the Attic Orators, Plutarch and ancient biography.