What the Classics Tell Us About Our Cult of Celebrity
by
Tom Payne
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
We may regard celebrities as deities, but that does not mean we worship them with deference. From prehistory to the present, humanity has possessed a primal urge first to exalt the famous but then to cut them down (Michael Jackson, anyone?). Why do we treat the ones we love like burnt offerings in...