Hellenistic Culture and Society

The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy

R. Bracht Branham, Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé, R. Bracht Branham, Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520921986
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Filosofía
• Subtopic: Filosofía antigua y clásica

This collection of essays—the first of its kind in English—brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The essays give a history of the movement as well as a state-of-the-art account of the literary, philosophical and cultural significance of Cynicism from antiquity to the present. Arguably the most original and influential branch of the Socratic tradition, Cynicism has become the focus of renewed scholarly interest in recent years, thanks to the work of Sloterdijk, Foucault, and Bakhtin, among others. The contributors to this volume—classicists, comparatists, and philosophers—draw on a variety of methodologies to explore the ethical, social and cultural practices inspired by the Cynics. The volume also includes an introduction, appendices, and an annotated bibliography, making it a valuable resource for a broad audience. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.
This collection of essays—the first of its kind in English—brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The essays give a history of the movement as well as a state-of-th

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents 1
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Socratic Tradition: Diogenes, Crates, and Hellenistic Ethics
• Religion and the Early Cynics
• Defacing the Currency: Diogenes’ Rhetoric and the Invention of Cynicism
• Cynic Cosmopolitanism
• Dog Heads and Noble Savages: Cynicism Before the Cynics?
• The Scythian Accent: Anacharsis and the Cynics
• The Philosophy of Aristo of Chios
• Cynicism and the Romans Attraction and Repulsion
• The Ideal Cynic from Epictetus to Julian
• The Bawdy and Society The Shamelessness of Diogenes in Roman Imperial Culture
• Cynicism and Christianity from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
• Menippus in Antiquity and the Renaissance
• Heirs of the Dog: Cynic Selfhood in Medieval and Renaissance Culture
• The Modern Reception of Cynicism: Diogenes in the Enlightenment
• Picturing Diogenes
• Appendix A A Comprehensive Catalogue of Known Cynic Philosophers
• Appendix B Who Was the First Dog?
• Contributors
• Selected and Annotated Bibliography
• Index Locorum
• Index Nominum