Roman Social Imaginaries: Language and Thought in the Context of Empire

by Clifford Ando

In an expansion of his 2012 Robson Classical Lectures, Clifford Ando examines the connection between the nature of the Latin language and Roman thinking about law, society, and empire. Drawing on innovative work in cognitive linguistics and anthropology, Roman Social Imaginaries considers how metaphor, metonymy, analogy, and ideation helped create the structures of thought that shaped the Roman Empire as a political construct.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442650176
• ISBN13: 9781442650176
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher