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Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine
Peter Garnsey
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Paperback. A unique and comprehensive account of attitudes to slavery in ancient Greece and Rome. Series: The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392. 288 pages. A unique and comprehensive account of attitudes to slavery in ancient Greece and Rome. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTS; HPCA. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 17. Weight: 392.
This study, unique of its kind, asks how slavery was viewed by the leading spokesmen of Greece and Rome. There was no movement for abolition in these societies, nor a vigorous debate, such as occurred in antebellum America, but this does not imply that slavery was accepted without question. Dr Garnsey draws on a wide range of sources, pagan, Jewish and Christian, over ten centuries, to challenge the common assumption of passive acquiescence in slavery, and the associated view that, Aristotle apart, there was no systematic thought on slavery. The work contains both a typology of attitudes to slavery ranging ... Read more
This study, unique of its kind, asks how slavery was viewed by the leading spokesmen of Greece and Rome. There was no movement for abolition in these societies, nor a vigorous debate, such as occurred in antebellum America, but this does not imply that slavery was accepted without question. Dr Garnsey draws on a wide range of sources, pagan, Jewish and Christian, over ten centuries, to challenge the common assumption of passive acquiescence in slavery, and the associated view that, Aristotle apart, there was no systematic thought on slavery. The work contains both a typology of attitudes to slavery ranging ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521574334
SKU
V9780521574334
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Reviews for Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine
'This is a very professional book on a topic of perennial concern … Bright sixth-formers would benefit from exposure to this book, which shows how much can be gained by tackling ancient history and philosophy together.' JACT Review 'Garnsey gives a fascinating discussion of the history of ideas about slavery, varying from the positive to the doubtful but rarely to ... Read more