{"product_id":"homers-iliad-and-the-problem-of-force-hardcover","title":"Homer's Iliad and the Problem of Force - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles H. Stocking\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe topic of force has long remained a problem of interpretation for readers of Homer's \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e, ever since Simone Weil famously proclaimed it as the poem's main subject. This book seeks to address that problem through a full-scale treatment of the language of force in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e from both philological and philosophical perspectives. Each chapter explores the different types of Iliadic force in combination with the reception of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e in the French intellectual tradition. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that the different terms for force in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e give expression to distinct relations between self and \"other.\" At the same time, this book reveals how the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e as a whole undermines the very relations of force which characters within the poem seek to establish. Ultimately, this study of force in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e offers an occasion to reconsider human subjectivity in Homeric poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles H. Stocking, \u003cem\u003eWestern University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Stocking is an associate professor of Classical Studies at Western University. He earned his BA with honors and MA in Classics at Stanford University and his PhD in Classics at UCLA. He is an associate fellow at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, an associate member of ANHIMA (Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Anciens), and former invited professor at the ﾉcole des hautes 騁udes en sciences sociales in Paris, France.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.76 x 5.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47482323435698,"sku":"9780192862877","price":196.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/35752095614d46c143428cd36072711a.webp?v=1779253315","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/homers-iliad-and-the-problem-of-force-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}