Joseph Vogt is one of the most senior and widely respected of contemporary German historians; for the past twenty years he has been actively engaged at the Mainz Academy of Science and Literature in promoting and co-ordinating the study of slavery in the ancient world. This collection of essays represents his personal contribution to the collective enterprise; the English edition is translated from the second German edition of 1972, which included three additional papers and a supplement bringing his earlier work up to date.
The distinctive features of Vogt’s approach to ancient slavery are his social awareness and sympathetic commitment, and his refusal either to ignore or be dominated by the dogmas of the left and the structures of sociology. His systematic investigation of ancient slave wars, which is the centre of this collection, is not merely the most important contribution to the study of ancient slavery in the present generation; it is also a reasoned refutation of more extreme Marxist interpretations, and a brilliant demonstration that a pragmatic approach to the analysis of a general phenomenon can lead to conclusions as far-reaching as any a priori system. Other outstanding essays investigate with subtlety and insight the position of slaves in literature and in utopian theory, the concept of the slave of God in early Christian thought, and the extent to which rigid distinctions between slave and free were eroded by the daily contact between individuals in different social roles, and by their inability to forget that both masters and slaves were human beings, with personal loyalties and friendships. The volume ends with two essays on the interrelationship between ancient and modern attitudes to slavery since the Renaissance.

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Sklaverei und Humanität

Joseph Vogt; translated by Thomas Wiedemann

Vogt, Joseph; Wiedemann, Thomas (trans.)

Joseph; Wiedemann Vogt

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Blackwell Publishers

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

First Edition, PS, 1974

1st Edition, 1975

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Translated from the second German edition, Sklaverei und Humanität: Studien zur antiken Sklaverei und ihrer Erforschung."

"This collection of essays represents Vogt's personal contribution to the collective enterprise; the English edition is translated from the second German edition of 1972, which included three additional papers and a supplement bringing his earlier work up to date. The distinctive features of Vogt's approach to ancient slavery are his social awareness and sympathetic commitment, and his refusal either to ignore or be dominated by the dogmas of the left and the structures of sociology. His systematic investigation of ancient slave wars, which is the centre of this collection, is a reasoned refutation of more extreme Marxist interpretations, and a brilliant demonstration that a pragmatic approach to the analysis of a general phenomenon can lead to conclusions as far-reaching as any a priori system. Other outstanding essays investigate with subtlety and insight the position of slaves in literature and in utopian theory, the concept of the slave of God in early Christian thought, and the extent to which rigid distinctions between slave and free were eroded by the daily contact between individuals in different social roles, and by their inability to forget that both masters and slaves were human beings, with personal loyalties and friendships. The volume ends with two essays on the interrelationship between ancient and modern attitudes to slavery since the Renaissance." - The Amazon Book Review

Preface to the English Edition, v
Abbreviations, ix
I. Slavery and the Ideal of Man in Classical Greece, 1
II. Slavery in Greek Utopias, 26
III. The Structure of Ancient Slave Wars
—Their Causes, 39
—Mass Movements and Government Countermeasures, 50
—Religious and National Motivations, 61
—The Organization of Warfare and Brigandage, 73
—A Worldwide Proletarian Movement?, 83
IV. Pergamum and Aristonicus, 93
V. Human Relationships in Ancient Slavery, 103
VI. Slaves and the Liberal Arts in Ancient Rome, 122
VII. The Faithful Slave, 129
VIII. Ecce Ancilla Domini: the Social Aspects of the Portrayal of the Virgin Mary in Antiquity, 146
IX. Research on Ancient Slavery from Humboldt to the Present Day, 170
X. Slavery and the Humanists, 188
Bibliographical Supplement, 211
Index, 219

Hardcover without jacket with clean, sound pages and clear text throughout. TS

2024-07-29