2 Corinthians
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amphitheater
arena
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condemned criminals
Corinth
Corinthian correspondence
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Gladiators
life and death
Roman Empire
Sovereignty
spectacle landscape
Stoicism
suffering and struggle
terror
Product details
- ISBN 9781978711198
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 158 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 03 Oct 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Paul and Seneca Among the Condemned: The Use of Spectacle in the Early Empire relocates the comparison of these two figures from the philosopher’s lecture hall to the amphitheaters of Rome and Corinth. The book explores the sites and images of spectacle that littered the landscapes of the ancient world. By examining archaeological remains alongside the letters of Paul and Seneca, James R. Unwin recreates their exhibitions of spectacle imagery. What we discover in viewing these provocative scenes from the grim world of the arena are suggestive responses to sovereign power and state terror. Their responses open up space for us to think through the reproduction of new arenas in our present world.
James R. Unwin is a senior policy analyst at the Ministry for Primary Industries in Wellington, New Zealand.
