The Empire of the Self : Self-Command and Political Speech in Seneca and Petronius

Star, Christopher

Johns Hopkins University Press（2013/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781421406749
• DDC分類 872.01

Full Description

In "The Empire of the Self", Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and the development of a universal ideal of individual autonomy were mutually enhancing phenomena. The Stoic ideal of individual empire or complete self-command is a major theme of Seneca's philosophical works. The problematic consequences of this ideal are explored in Seneca's dramatic and satirical works, as well as in the novel of his contemporary, Petronius. Star examines the rhetorical links between these diverse texts. He also demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists - the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Soul-Shaping Speech
1. Senecan Philosophy and the Psychology of Command
2. Self-Address in Senecan Tragedy
3. Self-Address in the Satyricon
Part II: Soul-Revealing Speech
4. Political Speech in Declementia
5. Soul, Speech, and Politics in the Apocolocyntosisand the Satyricon
6. Writing, Body, and Money
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index