Honour in Classical Greece ERC

17/01/2020

"They are usually roaming the streets at night. Had you been able to see them in the darkened alleys, you would have recognised them from their dress – almost a uniform. But, even without seeing, you can tell that it’s them as you hear them passing by, staggering about, excessively drunk – and aggressively so. You just know they are about to do something nasty: break something, or beat someone up, or both. And why wouldn’t they? Normal rules, they tell each other, do not apply to them. Their exclusive club has its own rules."

Are you curious to know who these sinister individuals are? Read the latest entry in our blog and find out! In this post, our very own Linda shows striking similarities between Classical Athens and our times.

http://research.shca.ed.ac.uk/honour-in-greece/2019/12/15/hybris-and-the-oxford-bullingdon-club/

19/11/2019

Cases of clientelism often make us wish for a more 'meritocratic' world. But does this really correspond to a more equitable world?

Read this entry to find out what we think about this! With the help of Aristotle and of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the great lie of meritocracy can be easily debunked.

November 5, 2018November 6, 2018honour-in-greeceLeave a Comment on Ancient Honour and Modern Meritocracy Ancient Honour and Modern Meritocracy Michael Young, Kwame Anthony Appiah and Aristotle Michael Young’s dystopian future – 2033 Britain – as imagined in his The Rise of Meritocracy (of 1958...

02/11/2019

How do honour and morality stand in relation to one another? If you find it hard to believe that they are actually very close, enjoy Alexander Welsh's exciting view of honour as recounted by our very own Kleanthis! So good that reading it is a moral imperative ;)

A. Welsh, What is Honor? (2008) Literature review   A. Welsh, What is Honor? A Question of Moral Imperatives, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008 In this thoughtful and wide-ranging study, Welsh sets outs to ‘reconstruct a genealogy’ of honour as a moral imperative (xvii), that is, as a moti...

17/10/2019

Is honour really all about revenge, masculinity, and hierarchy, as Bowman believes? Find out what we think about this by (re)reading what our very own Matteo had written in response to Bowman's Honour: A History.

Our Reading Group has recently celebrated its first birthday, help us celebrate by having a look at the article and let us know what you think!

J. Bowman, Honor. A History (2006) Literature review   J. Bowman, Honor. A History, New York: Encounter Books, 2006 Bowman’s book provides an instructive treatment of topics and ideas that are still of great significance in today’s politics and society. His polemical, heavily politicized readin...

07/10/2019

Have a look at the latest entry in our blog, "Boris Johnson the admirer of ancient Greece"!

Would ancient Greeks really support Brexit? In this insightful entry Professor Richard Seaford debunks some misled ideas, while finding in Athenian history a potential solution to the current political crisis.

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019honour-in-greeceLeave a Comment on Boris Johnson the admirer of ancient Greece Boris Johnson the admirer of ancient Greece by Richard Seaford     Boris Johnson's well-known admiration for the ancient Greeks may give the impression that they would have been avid su...

13/06/2019

Some pictures from our last event, "Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World", organised by Dr. David Lewis and our very own Prof. Mirko Canevaro.

A massive thank you to organisers, speakers, chairs, and all the people who came along to these two days of discussion on slavery and honour!

08/10/2018

We kick off the new section of our website with a review of J. Bowman, Honor. A History (New York 2006): have a look and join our reading group!

http://research.shca.ed.ac.uk/honour-in-greece/j-bowman-honor-a-history-2006/

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J. Bowman, Honor. A history (2006) Literature review   J. Bowman, Honor. A History, New York: Encounter Books, 2006 Bowman’s book provides an instructive treatment of topics and ideas that are still of great significance in today’s politics and society. His polemical, heavily politicized readin...

27/09/2018

Seminars update: you can now watch the full video of the lecture on 'Honour and kingship in Herodotus' given by our own Douglas Cairns!

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3: Douglas Cairns Seminars Meadows Lecture Theatre (G.07), Doorway 4, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh 19 September 2018 h 18:00-19.00 Douglas Cairns Professor of Classics, University of Edinburgh Honour and kingship in Herodotus (Classical Association of Scotland lecture and Gordon Howie...

11/06/2018

Press update: our own Mirko Canevaro discusses work, honour, esteem and Universal Basic Income (from Il Fatto Quotidiano, 4 June 2018):

http://research.shca.ed.ac.uk/honour-in-greece/1187-2/

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30/05/2018

HCG Public lecture 2: Axel Honneth, "Recognition in Modern Europe"

Edinburgh, United Kingdom - 28 June 2018

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The Honour in Classical Greece ERC project is delighted to welcome as its second public lecturer Axel Honneth, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia and Frankfurt Universities and Director of the latter’s renowned Institut für Sozialforschung. The theme of Professor Honneth’s lecture is Recogniti...

12/05/2018

New blog post!
"Hybris and sciences"

http://research.shca.ed.ac.uk/honour-in-greece/2018/05/12/hubris-and-sciences/