Antiquity As The Source Of Modernity

Author : Thomas Chaimowicz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351531450

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Antiquity as the Source of Modernity by Thomas Chaimowicz Pdf

This is a book that contrary to common practice, shows the commonalities of ancient and modern theories of freedom, law, and rational actions. Studying the works of the ancients is necessary to understanding those that follow. Thomas Chaimowicz challenges current trends in research on antiquity in his examination of Montesquieu's and Burk's path of inquiry. He focuses on ideas of balance and freedom. Montesquieu and Burke believe that freedom and balance are closely connected, for without balance within a state there can be no freedom.When Montesquieu speaks of republics, he means those of antiquity as they were understood in the eighteenth century. In this view, freedom can develop only within the framework of established tradition. Edmund Burke's greatest service to political thought may lie in making use of this idea when he fought against the abstractions of the French Revolutionaries. Antiquity as the Source of Modernity examines Montesquieu's Roman mind, meaning not an attitude influenced by the ancients, but one primarily influenced by Roman heritage. It speaks to the antithesis of monarchy and despotism in Montesquieu's thought and the influence of Tacitus and Pliny the Younger on him. The separation of powers and its relation to the concept of the mixed constitution as well as Montesquieu's smaller masterpiece Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans are examined in detail. Finally, the discussion leads seamlessly to Burke, who, as a critical admirer of Montesquieu, partly incorporated his interpretation of the English constitution into his own thinking threatened by teachings of the French Revolution and its British adherents.The central idea of Antiquity as the Source of Modernity is timeless. It is that the ancient past can lead to a clearer understanding of what follows. This perspective represents a reversal of the conventional procedures for conducting this kind of research,

Author : Neville Morley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444305123

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Antiquity and Modernity by Neville Morley Pdf

The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how theseconnect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume. Presents a study of modernity that examines classicalinfluences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychologicaltheories Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, includingAdam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud

Author : Dimitris Tziovas,Dēmētrēs Tziovas
Publisher : Classical Presences
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199672752

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Re-imagining the Past by Dimitris Tziovas,Dēmētrēs Tziovas Pdf

"This book had its origins in a conference I organized at the University of Birmingham in June 2011 and represents a selection of the papers presented there" -- Page v.

Author : Nicholas Charles Pappas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Europe
ISBN : UCSC:32106017936789

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Author : Kristine Kolrud,Marina Prusac
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351929202

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Iconoclasm from Antiquity to Modernity by Kristine Kolrud,Marina Prusac Pdf

The phenomenon of iconoclasm, expressed through hostile actions towards images, has occurred in many different cultures throughout history. The destruction and mutilation of images is often motivated by a blend of political and religious ideas and beliefs, and the distinction between various kinds of ’iconoclasms’ is not absolute. In order to explore further the long and varied history of iconoclasm the contributors to this volume consider iconoclastic reactions to various types of objects, both in the very recent and distant past. The majority focus on historical periods but also on history as a backdrop for image troubles of our own day. Development over time is a central question in the volume, and cross-cultural influences are also taken into consideration. This broad approach provides a useful comparative perspective both on earlier controversies over images and relevant issues today. In the multimedia era increased awareness of the possible consequences of the use of images is of utmost importance. ’Iconoclasm from Antiquity to Modernity’ approaches some of the problems related to the display of particular kinds of images in conflicted societies and the power to decide on the use of visual means of expression. It provides a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of the phenomenon of iconoclasm. Of interest to a wide group of scholars the contributors draw upon various sources and disciplines, including art history, cultural history, religion and archaeology, as well as making use of recent research from within social and political sciences and contemporary events. Whilst the texts are addressed primarily to those researching the Western world, the volume contains material which will also be of interest to students of the Middle East.

Author : Paul Johnson,Pat Thane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134711239

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Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity by Paul Johnson,Pat Thane Pdf

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship.

Author : Ofer Gal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316510308

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The Origins of Modern Science by Ofer Gal Pdf

"This book attempts to introduce to its readers major chapters in the history of science. It tries to present science as a human endeavor - a great achievement, and all the more human for it. In place of the story of progress and its obstacles or a parade of truths revealed, this book stresses the contingent and historical nature of scientific knowledge. Knowledge, science included, is always developed by real people, within communities, answering immediate needs and challenges shaped by place, culture, and historical events with resources drawn from their present and past. Chronologically, this book spans from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principle. The book starts in the high Middle Ages and proceeds to introduce the readers to the historian's way of inquiry. At the center of this introduction is the Gothic Cathedral - a grand achievement of human knowledge, rooted in a complex cultural context, and a powerful metaphor for science. The book alternates thematic chapters with chapters concentrating on an era. Yet it attempts to integrate discussion of all different aspects of the making of knowledge: social and cultural settings, challenges and opportunities; intellectual motivations and worries; epistemological assumptions and technical ideas; instruments and procedures. The cathedral metaphor is evoked intermittently throughout, to tie the many themes discussed to the main lesson: that the complex set of beliefs, practices, and institutions we call science is a particular, contingent human phenomenon"--

Author : Agnès Garcia Ventura,Claudia Tavolieri,Lorenzo Verderame
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527521162

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The Study of Musical Performance in Antiquity by Agnès Garcia Ventura,Claudia Tavolieri,Lorenzo Verderame Pdf

This collection of eleven essays provides the reader with some valuable insights into the richness of sources dealing with music and musical performance scattered over 3000 years and covering a wide range of geographies, from Syria to Iberia, through Greece and Rome. The volume, then, offers a series of examinations of literary data and materials from different areas of the Classical World and the Near East in ancient times and in late Antiquity, examined both synchronically and diachronically, in some cases in dialogue with one another. This broad treatment makes this collection of interest to historians, archaeologists, philologists and musicians, providing them with a multi-faceted volume which guides them towards a fuller understanding of ancient societies and which heightens the awareness of the importance of music as a transversal phenomenon.

Author : Andreas Kinneging
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000659047

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Aristocracy, Antiquity and History by Andreas Kinneging Pdf

This brilliant critique of the literature on modernity challenges conventional approaches in two fundamental ways: First, the lineage of the modern turns out to be less ancient and glorious than is usually suggested. Modernity is an upstart rather than a scion of an old and celebrated line. The roots of modernity are held to be less secure than previously thought. This leads the author to suggest that the demise of the old is a matter of rhetoric rather than reality. The old was driven underground rather than extinguished. The inherited traditions are deeply embedded in our souls. We turn to modernity as a half-baked worldview to overcome our estrangement from the past.Kinneging examines this sweeping view in the concrete circumstances of the imagined fall of the aristocracy and rise of the enterprising bourgeoisie. But aristocracy, this study reveals a strong and thriving noblesse, not only in places like Russia and Prussia, but also in advanced capitalist states like France and England. Aristocracy, Antiquity, and History shows conclusively that the actual demise of this exploration into the sources of Western thought takes seriously the strength of an aristocratic vision that lives on in a variety of conservative and liberal doctrines.In Aristocracy, Antiquity and History the readers is reacquainted with the democratic potential as in the work of Montesquieu, and the way in which classicism, romanticism, and modernism, far from a sequential set of events, are entwined in the ethic of honor and in the moral order of modern life. In trying to understand modernity, advanced societies cannot help but draw attention to the old by way of contrast. The presence of antiquity, however suppressed or shrugged off, does not disappear, but stays with us in the very act of rebellion against the ancients. This fine work in the history of ideas will serve to redefine and redirect researches in social and political theory for years to come.

Author : Karl A.E. Enenkel,Konrad Adriaan Ottenheym
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004410657

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Ambitious Antiquities, Famous Forebears by Karl A.E. Enenkel,Konrad Adriaan Ottenheym Pdf

This study is dedicated to the constructions of “national”, regional/ local antiquities in early modern Europe, 1500-1700, especially the Northern Low Countries.

Author : Anna di Robilant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108849067

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The Making of Modern Property by Anna di Robilant Pdf

In this original intellectual history, Anna di Robilant traces the history of one of the most influential legal, political, and intellectual projects of modernity: the appropriation of Roman property law by liberal nineteenth-century jurists to fit the purposes of modern Europe. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, many of which have never been translated into English, di Robilant outlines how a broad network of European jurists reinvented the classical Roman concept of property to support the process of modernisation. By placing this intellectual project within its historical context, she shows how changing class relations, economic policies and developing ideologies converged to produce the basis of modern property law. Bringing these developments to the twentieth century, this book demonstrates how this largely fabricated version of Roman property law shaped and continues to shape debates concerning economic growth, sustainability, and democratic participation.

Author : Dawn Hollis,Jason König
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350162846

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Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity by Dawn Hollis,Jason König Pdf

Throughout the longue dureé of Western culture, how have people represented mountains as landscapes of the imagination and as places of real experience? In what ways has human understanding of mountains changed – or stayed the same? Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity opens up a new conversation between ancient and modern engagements with mountains. It highlights the ongoing relevance of ancient understandings of mountain environments to the postclassical and present-day world, while also suggesting ways in which modern approaches to landscape can generate new questions about premodern responses. It brings together experts from across many different disciplines and periods, offering case studies on topics ranging from classical Greek drama to Renaissance art, and from early modern natural philosophy to nineteenth-century travel writing. Throughout, essays engage with key themes of temporality, knowledge, identity, and experience in the mountain landscape. As a whole, the volume suggests that modern responses to mountains participate in rhetorical and experiential patterns that stretch right back to the ancient Mediterranean. It also makes the case for collaborative, cross-period research as a route both for understanding human relations with the natural world in the past, and informing them in the present.

Author : Janet Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134737703

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Fashioning Vienna by Janet Stewart Pdf

First full-length study of Loos's texts available in English Based on original research and makes extensive use of primary sources Offers a genuinely inter-disciplinary approach

Author : Z. R. W. M. von Martels,Victor Michael Schmidt
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 9042913088

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Antiquity Renewed by Z. R. W. M. von Martels,Victor Michael Schmidt Pdf

This volume deals with similarities and correspondences between Late Antiquity (c. 300-600 AD) and the Renaissance (roughly after c. 1350). In both periods, the presence of two competing forces, the ancient classical and the Christian traditions, led to a constant dynamic of thought and creativity. The ten essays in this volume present new views on these issues in the fields of political philosophy, theology, law, literature, art, and architecture.

Author : Coffee Break Project
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781471692482

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The Study of Asia: between Antiquity and Modernity by Coffee Break Project Pdf

Coffee Break Project is composed of some young scholars who are variously linked to Asian texts, ideas, problems, languages, etc., but who have to do with methodologies elaborated in the Western world and who are mainly based in the West. The group is open to whomsoever wishes to discuss and compare ideas. The group organizes an annual meeting on various themes. The present book contains the abstracts of the 3rd such meeting, held at the University of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), on 13-16 June 2012.