[SydPhil] Critical Antiquities Workshop – Mirko Canevaro

[Callista Sheridan]

Dear all,
 
At the next Critical Antiquities Workshop, we are very excited to host Mirko Canevaro (University of Edinburgh) for his presentation of his paper,
 
‘The hybris of the downtrodden: honour and social control in ancient Greek society (and today)’. 
 
The event will take place on Zoom on Thursday, May 16, 09:30-11:00am (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, time). 
 
The event will be in a hybrid format broadcast from the School of Humanities Common Room (Rm 822, Brennan-MacCallum Building, University of Sydney). 
 
Here is the time in other locations:
 
Los Angeles/Vancouver: Wednesday, May 15, 4:30-6pm
Mexico City: Wednesday, May 15, 5:30-7pm 
Chicago: Wednesday, May 15, 6:30-8pm
New York: Wednesday, May 15, 7:30-9pm
Santiago/Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro: Wednesday, May 15, 8:30-10pm
Dublin/Belfast/London: Thursday, May 16, 12:30-2am
Paris/Berlin/Rome: Thursday, May 16, 1:30-3am
Johannesburg/Athens/Cairo: Thursday, May 16, 2:30-4am
Beijing/Singapore/Perth: Thursday, May 16, 7:30-9am
Tokyo: Thursday, May 16, 8:30-10am
Darwin/Adelaide: Thursday, May 16, 9:00-10:30am
 
To register, please sign up for the Critical Antiquities Network mailing list to receive Zoom links and CAN announcements: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/PFWgCr81nytw2n62Au7ykla?domain=signup.e2ma.net <https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/PFWgCr81nytw2n62Au7ykla?domain=signup.e2ma.net>
 
Here is the abstract:
 
The paradigmatic form of hybris in the Greek sources (consistently with how the concept is conceptualised in modern psychology and business studies) had to do with the self-assertion of the rich and powerful, which resulted in their disrespecting their subordinates in arrogating to themselves claims to respect they were not entitled to. This paper looks at the flipside of this scenario, because hybris, as the arrogating of timē to which one has no right, can also proceed in Greek thought in the opposite direction: from the bottom up. The concept of timē, that is, can accommodate also instances of individuals of subordinate status overstepping the remit of their position in the social hierarchy and arrogating to themselves prerogatives that are reserved for those higher up in the social ladder. While denouncing the hybris of the powerful has egalitarian implications – it defends the right to equal respect (or at least to some respect) of those who are disrespected – denouncing the hybris of the downtrodden towards their superiors is a tool for maintaining and reproducing a social hierarchy by grounding it on an allegedly shared (yet heavily asymmetrical) recognition order.
 
We hope to see you there, 
 
Callista, on behalf of Tristan and Ben. 

Callista Sheridan 
For the Critical Antiquities Network 
criticalantiquities.org 
 
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