Books written by Paul Veyne

  • El imperio grecorromano
    El imperio grecorromano

    Lo que se deduce del libro de Zanker es un tertium quid; ni propaganda ni fasto, sino carisma. Entendemos por propaganda una empresa de organización de la opinión por algún régimen fuerte; el fasto real, en cambio, es un atributo ...

  • The Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire

    This compact book--which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life--is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times.

  • Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure
    Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure

    Today, we can appreciate the majesty of Palmyra only through its pictures and stories, and this book offers a beautifully illustrated memorial that also serves as a lasting guide to a cultural treasure.

  • Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure
    Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure

    Today, we can appreciate the majesty of Palmyra only through its pictures and stories, and this book offers a beautifully illustrated memorial that also serves as a lasting guide to a cultural treasure.

  • A History of Private Life: From pagan Rome to Byzantium
    A History of Private Life: From pagan Rome to Byzantium

    Library has Vol. 1-5.

  • Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination
    Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination

    "[Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work Comment on ecrit l'histoire; and he declares that its aim was to provoke reflection on the way our conception of truth is built up and changes over the centuries.

  • Bread and Circuses: Historical Sociology and Political Pluralism
    Bread and Circuses: Historical Sociology and Political Pluralism

    The phenomenon, known as "euergetism", is one of the most striking features of the ancient world. It can be seen as a form of altruism, civic pride or wealth redistribution,...

  • Seneca: The Life of a Stoic
    Seneca: The Life of a Stoic

    Veyne's authoritative exposition of stoicism and the interconnections between Seneca's life and thought, make this book ideal reading for anyone interested in Roman history and philosophy.

  • Foucault: Pensamiento y vida
    Foucault: Pensamiento y vida

    ... pequeño gran libro de la ignorancia 136. M. Onfray y G. Vattimo , ¿ Ateos o creyentes ? Conversaciones sobre filosofía , política , ética y ciencia 137. P. Khanna , El segundo mundo 138. T. Todorov , El jardín imperfecto . Luces y ...

  • Foucault: His Thought, His Character
    Foucault: His Thought, His Character

    A unique testimony by a scholar who knew Foucault well, this book succeeds brilliantly in grasping the core of his thought and in stripping away the confusions and misunderstandings that have so often characterized the interpretation of ...

  • El sueño de Constantino: El fin del imperio pagano y el nacimiento del mundo cristiano
    El sueño de Constantino: El fin del imperio pagano y el nacimiento del mundo cristiano

    Al hilo del texto, Paul Veyne plantea una serie de atractivos interrogantes que harán reflexionar al lector sobre su propia opción religiosa: desde el origen del monoteísmo, hasta la psicología de la religión, pasando por los orígenes ...

  • Foucault: His Thought, His Character
    Foucault: His Thought, His Character

    A unique testimony by a scholar who knew Foucault well, this book succeeds brilliantly in grasping the core of his thought and in stripping away the confusions and misunderstandings that have so often characterized the interpretation of ...

  • Séneca y el estoicismo
    Séneca y el estoicismo

    Paul Veyne, especialista en estudios grecolatinos, retoma de S neca y del estoicismo la vida de ste Para rescatar la doctrina estoica de su falsa reputaci n moral y voluntarista, y afirma que fue la corriente filos fica m s cercana al ...