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Krátký feministický manifest od oceňované autorky Mary Beard, ve kterém pátrá po kořenech misogynie od antické mytologie až po současnost. Anotace: Profesorka antické literatury Mary Beardová je britské veřejnosti dobře známá, vedle akademické práce se věnuje také populárně naučným projektům a její hlas silně a často zaznívá ve veřejné debatě. Mary Beardová se však nevyjadřuje pouze k tématu tisíce let staré literatury a kultury. Promlouvá též o feministických tématech a problémy dneška dovede nejen brilantně analyzovat, ale také vysvětlit historické důvody jejich vzniku. Ve dvou přednáškách, jejichž upravenou verzi přináší tento svazek, profesorka Beardová s precizností a vtipem analyzuje, jakým překážkám musely napříč historií ženy, a zejména ženy, jež usilovaly o jakoukoli veřejnou roli, čelit a dokumentuje to na příkladech sahajících od literární postavy Odysseovy věrné manželky Penelopy až po kandidátku na prezidentku USA Hillary Clintonovou. Beardová zkoumá historické kořeny misogynie, ilustruje snahu o umlčení ženského hlasu na veřejnosti a rozebírá naše kulturní vzorce vnímání místa ženy ve společnosti a problematické vnímání žen v pozici moci.

Starověký Řím má svůj význam. I dnes posuzujeme sami sebe na pozadí dějin této říše, jejích vojenských úspěchů i různých výstřelků a tehdejší debaty o občanství, terorismu a právech jedince ovlivňují to, jak uvažujeme o občanských svobodách. SPQR pokrývá tisíc let římskéhistorie a s barvitými detaily odhaluje, jak Řím vyrostl z bezvýznamné osady ve střední Itálii v první globální supervelmoc. Kromě toho vrhá nové světlo na římskou kulturu, od rozvodu vody po demokracii a od otroctví po migraci. Mary Beardová nám objasňuje, jak na sebe a na své úspěchy nahlíželi samotní Římané.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' Telegraph What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.

Originally published in 1914, this step-by-step guide provides tutelage on all aspects of outdoor accommodation from sod houses to log cabins; with pen-and- ink drawings.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF 2023A PROSPECT BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023THE TIMES TOP 50 PAPERBACKS OF THE YEAR 2024 '[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote' Sunday Times'Britain's most famous classicist ... at the peak of her powers' The Times'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' Telegraph'The reigning Queen of Classics' SpectatorWhat was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.

This book offers a radical survey of over a 1000 years of religious life, from the foundation of Rome to its rise to world empire & Xian conversion. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the 8th century BCE & the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the 1st centuries of the Xian era. A companion volume, Religions of Rome, Vol 2: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents, illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.Acknowledgements Preface Conventions & abbreviations Maps 1 Early Rome 2 Imperial triumph & religious change 3 Religion in the late Republic 4 The place of religion: Rome in the early Empire 5 The boundaries of Roman religion 6 The religions of imperial Rome 7 Roman religion & Roman Empire 8 Roman religion & Christian emperors: 4th & 5th centuries Bibliography Details of maps & illustrations Index

'The book is part of a series of introductory studies intended to bring the latest developments in art history to students and general readers. But it offers something new to the specialist reader too [...] the quantity of illustrations is impressive for such a slim and inexpensive book ...Classical Art is illuminating, playful, provocative, and often (literally) iconoclastic' -Times Higher Education Supplement

Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; and the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one, to the massive death count which was probably less than ten per cent of the population.Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths, these chapter headings give a surprising insight into the workings of a Roman town. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. A fast-food joint on the Via dell' Abbondanza introduces food and drink and diets and street life. These are just a few of the strands that make up an extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's leading classicist.

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celèbre. But what actually are they? In the first of an occasional 'series' on wonders of the world - such as the Colosseum, Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Alhambra, Mary Beard, biographer, reviewer and leading Cambridge classicist, tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness of ancient Athens:

An updated edition of the Sunday Times BestsellerBritain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template. A year on since the advent of #metoo, Beard looks at how the discussions have moved on during this time, and how that intersects with issues of rape and consent, and the stories men tell themselves to support their actions. In trademark Beardian style, using examples ancient and modern, Beard argues, 'it's time for change - and now!' From the author of international bestseller SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome.