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Identidad, sometimiento y exclusión. Vicisitudes de la tolerancia en el mundo antiguo.
2020
La tolerancia es un rasgo definitorio de la sociedad moderna que surge como reacción a una situación anterior contraria a ella y que, a su vez, definió a las sociedades humanas desde el principio de los tiempos. Esta situación anterior y contraria a la tolerancia es la de sociedades definidas por identidades colectivas. Estudiar el colectivismo identitario es una buena manera de conocer la idea, exigencias y límites de la tolerancia en nuestras sociedades. Este trabajo pretende hacerlo analizándolo en las primeras sociedades históricas del ámbito europeo. Tolerance is a defining feature of modern society. It arose as a reaction to a previous situation contrary to it and which, in turn, defi…
The color of mourning in Rome
2012
El negro es el color del luto en la antigua Roma. La presencia de personas con vestidos blancos en los funerales debe ser interpretada como una exhibición del status jurídico de los asistentes al acto y no como una manifestación del luto. Black is the color of mourning in ancient Rome. The presence of people in white dresses in the funerals must be interpreted as an exhibition of the legal status of the participants in the act and not as a manifestation of the mourning.
Cicero and the Opinion of the People: The Nature, Role and Power of Public Opinion in the Late Roman Republic
2007
Abstract This article deals with the concept of public opinion in the life and works of the Roman orator, philosopher and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC). It is conceptualized as a contribution to the historiography of public opinion theory. The basis for the analysis of Cicero’s body of thought is his complete oeuvre: almost 800 letters, about 60 speeches and more than 20 treatises. After an introduction to the concepts of public opinion, the article is subdivided into four sections. First, Cicero’s terms and definitions of public opinion are excerpted from his speeches and philosophical treatises. Second, the text depicts which role and qualities Cicero attributed to public o…