{"product_id":"the-queer-thing-about-sin","title":"The Queer Thing About Sin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eBOLD AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN'\u003c\/em\u003e Tom Holland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'MY GOD, THIS BOOK IS NEEDED. HISTORY HAS NEVER SEEMED MORE ALIVE...\u003c\/em\u003e' Russell T Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping new journey through ancient history, uncovering the origins of homophobia and the untold stories of those who dared to love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early days of ancient Greece, queer love was celebrated. The most famous warrior in antiquity loved another man, the poet whose lyrics were memorised by philosophers and kings sang of her desire for women. Men could swear oaths of undying love and live out the rest of their lives together in peace. What fragments survive of this ancient world all tell us one thing: it was not a sin to be queer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extraordinary book, Harry Tanner sets out on a journey to discover the origins of homophobia in the West. He follows the traces of this sinister idea as it swept across the ancient Mediterranean. Wherever he discovers the roots of homophobia taking hold, Tanner finds a confluence of crises mirrored across the centuries. Inequality, fear and an obsession with self-control – this is how societies turn on their queer citizens, time and time again, since the dawn of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a powerful story that draws on the rich world of the ancients to reveal how homophobia infected Western religion and ideology - the consequences of which we are still living with today - and to that end how we can move forward and resist homophobia in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore-toc\" data-readmore=\"\" aria-expanded=\"true\" id=\"undefined1\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e1 The Myth of Greek Sex\u003cbr\u003e2 How Money Corrupted Love\u003cbr\u003e3 Queer as Macedon\u003cbr\u003e4 Plato and the Philosophy of the Closet\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e5 Alexander the Straight?\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e6 Love in the Time of the Old Testament\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e7 Toxic Masculinity in Ancient Rome\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e8 The First Christians\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e9 The Birth of Modern Homophobia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 272 pages, by Harry Tanner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57909520597256,"sku":null,"price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/2160\/2768\/files\/9781399422314.jpg?v=1780047541","url":"https:\/\/kellerkreuzberg.com\/products\/the-queer-thing-about-sin","provider":"Keller Kreuzberg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}