Ancient World
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Rob Tempio
Publisher, Philosophy, Political Theory, & the Ancient World
Our list takes a broad disciplinary and geographically inclusive approach to understanding humanity鈥檚 ancient past, with an emphasis on seeing ancient civilizations as fluid sites of crosscultural interaction. Drawing on ancient history, archaeology, classics, mythology, philosophy, religion, and art history, it is informed by well-established approaches to textual and archaeological evidence, as well as by new methodologies. Covering regions from the Greco-Roman world to Egypt and the ancient Near East, and from Central Asia to East Asia, our books illuminate new ways of understanding ancient cultures, peoples, politics, philosophies, literary texts, and religions, and how these inform our present.
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Classicism and Other Phobias
Dan-el Padilla Peralta shows how the concept of 鈥渃lassicism鈥� lacks the capacity to affirm the aesthetic value of Black life and asks whether a different kind of classicism鈥攐ne of insurgence, fugitivity, and emancipation鈥攊s possible.
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Unearthing the deep history of Native America
As part of our longstanding Farmington River Archaeological Project, my field crew initiated an intensive search for sites in Peoples State Forest in 1985. Peoples is a heavily wooded state park consisting of about 3,000 acres located in the northwest Connecticut hill town of Barkhamsted.
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Fire sermons: Seneca and Thoreau on climate trauma
鈥淐limate trauma鈥� is a phrase that has now entered the global lexicon. As global temperatures rise and population densifies in settled areas, the effects of catastrophic weather events like floods, hurricanes, and fires, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, are proving ever more destructive to human lives and livelihoods.
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After 1177 B.C.
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed鈥攚hy some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever.
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How did Romans manage the risks of childbirth?
From weather forecasts to astrology substacks, many people today structure their daily lives with the help of predictive information. Fundamentally, this was also true for ancient Romans.
