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Pomp, Circumstance, and the Performance of Politics

Pomp, Circumstance, and the Performance of Politics

Published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

English 414 pages 2024 ISBN 9781614911074
Estimated reading time: 7 h 35 min
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About this book

When we imagine ancient political life, we think of powerful rulers and awe-inspiring monuments, not grassroots movements. But if the cacophony of our modern political discourse can teach us anything, it is that negotiating power and legitimacy is an ongoing conversation, not a monologue. Pomp, Circumstance, and the Performance of Politics investigates moments and spaces in the premodern world where audiences had the opportunity to weigh in on the messages their leaders were sending. How did ordinary people experience and contribute to their political realities, and what strategies did rulers use to gain support? Bringing together scholars working in a wide variety of disciplines and time periods, from prehispanic Mesoamerica and Early Historic India to the Assyrian Empire and papal Rome, this book takes a bottom-up approach to evaluating the risks and rewards of acting "politically correct"—or incorrect—in the ancient world.

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Pomp, Circumstance, and the Performance of Politics is available as PDF at 9 online bookshops.
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