Hubris, Ancient and Modern
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 18 December 2025
- 04 December 2025
- ISBN:
- 9781009461405
- 9781009461399
- Dimensions:
- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.627kg, 318 Pages
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- Subjects:
- Ancient History, Social Psychology, Classical Studies, Psychology
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Book description
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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