The Birth of Nomos
Thanos Zartaloudis
Abstract
The Birth of Nomos delves into the history of the fundamental ancient Greek word nomos (and its family and other related words) to extensively examine the varied co-existent uses of the terms from the archaic to the early classical period, before and beyond its later meaning of 'law' or 'law-making'. The Birth of Nomos draws on the literary evidence in the works of the poets, philosophers and tragedians including Homer, Hesiod, Alcman, Pindar, Archilochos, Theognis, Heraclitus, Plato, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. In doing so it critically reflects on how nomos and its complex genealogy ... More
The Birth of Nomos delves into the history of the fundamental ancient Greek word nomos (and its family and other related words) to extensively examine the varied co-existent uses of the terms from the archaic to the early classical period, before and beyond its later meaning of 'law' or 'law-making'. The Birth of Nomos draws on the literary evidence in the works of the poets, philosophers and tragedians including Homer, Hesiod, Alcman, Pindar, Archilochos, Theognis, Heraclitus, Plato, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. In doing so it critically reflects on how nomos and its complex genealogy have been used by contemporary philosophers, including Agamben, Foucault, Heidegger, Schmitt, Nancy, Deleuze and Axelos.
Keywords:
Nomos,
archaic Greece,
classical Greece,
law,
ancient Greek law,
Homer,
Agamben,
Foucault,
Deleuze,
Nancy,
Heidegger,
Axelos,
Schmitt,
Laroche,
Gernet
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474442008 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: May 2021 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474442008.001.0001 |
