The Birth of Nomos / / Thanos Zartaloudis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Zartaloudis, Thanos,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Encounters in Law & Philosophy : ELP
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (528 p.)

Delves into the history of the ancient Greek word nomos (and related words) to reveal the interdisciplinary depth of this term beyond its later meaning of 'law' or 'law-making'Assembles a genealogical history of the ancient Greek work nomos, showing how it contains a richness that is not reflected in its classical and modern usage as simply 'law' or 'law-making'Draws on works by ancient Greek philosophers, poets and tragedians including Homer, Hesiod, Alcman, Pindar, Archilochos, Theognis, Heraclitus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and PlatoIncludes extracts from ancient primary sources, in both the original and in English translation, to analyse how nomos has been used in the literary evidence and in contextConsiders how nomos has been used by contemporary philosophers, including Agamben, Foucault, Heidegger, Schmitt, Deleuze and Axelos, and re-examines their interpretationsThis is a highly original, interdisciplinary study of the archaic Greek word nomos and its family of words. Thanos Zartaloudis draws out the richness of this fundamental term by exploring its many uses over the centuries. The Birth of Nomos includes extracts from a wide range of ancient sources, in both the original and English translation, including material from legal history, philosophy, philology, linguistics, ancient history, poetry, archaeology, ancient musicology and anthropology. Through a thorough analysis of these extracts, we gain a new understanding of nomos and its foundational place in the Western legal tradition.Find out moreRead 'On Nomos and the Meaning of Philosophy in Law: an interview with Thanos Zartaloudis' by Gian Giacomo Fusco in ExceptionsRead 'Thinking between words and traditions: An interview with Thanos Zartaloudis on The Birth of Nomos by Tristan Webb in Countercurrents"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- PREFACE. Anthroponomikos -- PART ONE HOMERIC NOMOS -- ONE The Nomos of Feasts and ‘Sacrifices’ -- TWO Nomos Moirēgenēs -- THREE The Nomos of the Land -- FOUR Pastoral Nomos -- FIVE Nemesis -- PART TWO POST-HOMERIC NOMOS -- SIX The Nomos of the Post-Homeric Poets -- SEVEN The Nomos of Heraclitus -- EIGHT Nomos Basileus -- NINE The Nomos of the Tragedians -- TEN Nomos Mousikos -- Bibliography