Political Dissidence Under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation [Hardcover]

Vasily Rudich examines dissidence under Nero from both historical and psychological perspectives and inquires into the balance of the universal and historically conditioned components of political behaviour. The careers of numerous dissident individuals and their attempts at accomodation to a hostile reality are discussed.Rudich examines dissidence under Nero from both historical and psychological perspectives and inquires into the balance of the universal and historically conditioned components of political behaviour.`... the core of Rudich's book consists of six thickly detailed chapters which cover the varied careers, experiences and fates of those who dissented under Nero. Many of these mini-biographies are finely drawn. Their strenght lies in a recognition of their subjects' humanity.' - Times Literary SupplementChapter 1 The Years of Expectation; Chapter 2 The Years of Frustration; Chapter 3 The Years of Action; Chapter 4 The Years of Decimation; Chapter 5 The Years of Decimation; Chapter 6 The Year of Revolution;US? 1993 Vasily Rudich