Roman Republican Reflections
Roman Republican Reflections
Hölkeskamp's book is a fundamental one
Manfredi Zanin, Sehepunkte 21,6 (2021)
The international discussion on the political culture of the Roman republic, which began in the 1980s and is still going on, is one of the most vibrant and lively debates in the Classics. This collection of essays – all revised and updated – offers fresh approaches to central themes of the debate: Roman republican social and political order in scholarship in the 20th century; the origins and development of the aforementioned debate; the emergence of new questions, fields of research, theoretical and methodological approaches; the constitution of the ruling class; the concept of 'political culture'; the importance of public oratory; the character and role of the 'public' in a 'city-state' – contio and comitia; the role of history and collective memory; the performative construction of hierarchy and 'power'; performative media of self-presentation – processions and other rituals; monumental and other visual media of self-fashioning – temples, spoils and statues; the self-fashioning of prominent families – the Marcii and the Cornelii Scipiones.
„Für eine Weitung des Blickes auf angrenzende Epochen und Regionen, aber auch nicht-elitäre Schichten ist die Grundlage nunmehr gelegt. […] Der Boden dafür ist allemal bereitet; Hölkeskamp zeigt mit Verve, dass es sich lohnt [den Band] zu bestellen.“
Christopher Degelmann, Gnomon 94,8 (2022)
„Hölkeskamp's book is a fundamental one: it represents another exemplary model of fruitful dialogue between Ancient History and wider debates on memory processes, on the one hand, and on political culture, on the other.“
Manfredi Zanin, Sehepunkte 21,6 (2021)
„Insgesamt legt Hölkeskamp eine weitere, äußerst anregende Betrachtung der politischen Verhältnisse der Republik vor, welche auch durch ihre gute Lesbarkeit und wortspielerische Art […] hervorsticht.“
Fabian Knopf, Historische Zeitschrift Heft 312,1 (2021)
„[…] an in-depth study of the political culture of the Roman Republic.“
Claudia Beltrão, The Classical Review 71,1 (2021)
| ISBN | 978-3-515-12703-5 |
|---|---|
| Media type | Book - Hardcover |
| Edition number | 1. |
| Copyright year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Franz Steiner Verlag |
| Length | 274 pages |
| Illustrations | 36 b/w figs. |
| Size | 17.0 x 24.0 cm |
| Language | English |
