Peter Garnsey

Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique and comprehensive account of attitudes to slavery in ancient Greece and Rome.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780521574334
• ISBN-10: 0521574331
• Artikelnr.: 22117902

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 1. Slavery and slave theory in antiquity
Part I. Attitudes to Slavery: 2. Slavery accepted
3. Justifications of slavery
4. Slave-systems criticized
5. Fair words
6. Slavery criticized
7. Slavery eased
Part II. Theories of Slavery: 1. Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Philosophers: 8. Aristotle
9. The Stoics
2. Early theologicians: 10. Philo
11. Paul
3. Church Fathers: 12. Ambrose
13. Augustine
14. Slavery as metaphor
Conclusion.