Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity Format:Paperback ISBN-10: 1642500518

ISBN-10: 1642500518

At times we feel irked exasperated irritated resentful even enraged

Publisher: Penguin Books (October 15 2019)

and much more including numerous real-world case studies plus a comprehensive critical analysis of the various approaches to this age-old problem

This engaging story follows Guy on his journey of discovery to find ways of controlling his emotions

Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity Format:Paperback ISBN-10: 1642500518The angry emotions and the problems they presented were an ancient Greek preoccupation from Homer to late antiquity. From the first lines of the Iliad to the church fathers of the fourth century A. D. the control or elimination of rage was an obsessive concern. From the Greek world it passed to the Romans. Drawing on a wide range of ancient texts and on recent work in anthropology and psychology Restraining Rage explains the rise and persistence of