When Worlds Elide
Karen Bassi (Redaktør) Peter J. Euben (Redaktør) Carla Antonaccio (Innledning) Noriko Aso (Innledning) P J. Brendese (Innledning) Peter Burian (Innledning) Diskin Clay (Innledning) Carol Dougherty (Innledning) J Peter Euben (Innledning) Roxanne L. Euben (Innledning) Brooke Holmes (Innledning) Susan Lape (Innledning) Glenn W. Most (Innledning) James I. Porter (Innledning) Vanita Seth (Innledning) Victoria Wohl (Innledning) John Zumbrunnen (Innledning)
«Anyone who has doubted the value of antiquity for the twenty-first century will come away from this book a true believer in the relevance of classics to the most pressing contemporary concerns. Far from offering easy solutions or facile analogies, When Worlds Elide boldly critiques classics itself in relation to nationalism, elites, material culture, and the structure of the university. This is a must-read resource—lucid, complex and exciting—for those interested in abiding questions: What makes a community? Who should lead? What is ethical? How do we reconcile money and political ambition?»
Richard P. Martin, Stanford University
For better or worse, the ancient Greeks retain their cultural, political, and philosophical authority for contemporary educators and actors. Maureen Dowd has talked about the Hellenization of the Bush administration, Thucydides has been used as a template to analyze the Iraqi War and the War on Terror, Greek drama has been repeatedly performed in sometimes spectacular if unconventional ways, while the Trojan War, the battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans, and Alexander have all been the subjects of recent films. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Lexington Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780739122747
- Utgivelsesår
- 2010
- Format
- 24 x 17 cm
Anmeldelser
«Anyone who has doubted the value of antiquity for the twenty-first century will come away from this book a true believer in the relevance of classics to the most pressing contemporary concerns. Far from offering easy solutions or facile analogies, When Worlds Elide boldly critiques classics itself in relation to nationalism, elites, material culture, and the structure of the university. This is a must-read resource—lucid, complex and exciting—for those interested in abiding questions: What makes a community? Who should lead? What is ethical? How do we reconcile money and political ambition?»
Richard P. Martin, Stanford University
«This exciting collection, with its stellar list of contributors, sets a bold agenda for the interdisciplinary study of classics and politics in the twenty-first century. It proves that it is indeed possible to conjoin theoretical insight with erudition and a passionate commitment to the enduring significance of Greek antiquity.»
Josiah Ober, Stanford University