Not The Classical Ideal

Author : Beth Cohen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004493742

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Not the Classical Ideal by Beth Cohen Pdf

A vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type was defined in opposition to non-ideal 'Others' characterized ancient Greece. In democratic Athens the social structure privileged male citizens, and women, resident aliens, and slaves were marginalized. The Persian Wars polarized the opposition of Greeks and Barbarians. This anthology provides the first investigation of the delineation of otherness across a broad spectrum of the imagery of Greek art. An international cast of authors, with methodologies ranging from traditional to avant-garde, examines manifestations of the Other in Late Archaic and Classical Greek representations that particularly interest them. The 17 chapters develop a nuanced picture of the visual criteria that denoted otherness in regard to gender, class, and ethnicity and also reveal the social and political functions of this remarkable Greek imagery. Also available in paperback (ISBN 9789004117129)

Author : Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul
Publisher : Springer
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030022815

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The Theoretic Life - A Classical Ideal and its Modern Fate by Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul Pdf

In this work, Alexander Rosenthal Pubul presents a broad examination of the ancient philosophical question: “What is the good life?”, while addressing how the liberal arts can help us to answer this question. Greek philosophy distinguished between the “noble” (what is good in itself), from the merely “useful” (good for something else). From thence follows the distinction between the liberal arts which pursue such noble goods and the mechanical arts which are only instrumental. For Aristotle, the most noble and excellent good is wisdom itself. Hence the theoretic life devoted to the love of wisdom for its own sake –philosophy - is the highest and the most excellent. This work theorizes the origins of modernity in a rebellion against this Greek conception resulting in a complete inversion of the classical hierarchy. Sir. Francis Bacon reconceiving the purpose of knowledge as power, enthroned technology over philosophy and the liberal arts. The unfolding of the modern Baconian revolution progressively sidelines the liberal arts, as practical economic and technical utility become the standard of value. In assessing this problem, the book engages in a capacious journey across disciplines like philosophy, history, art, politics, and science. It is also a veritable tour across the Western intellectual tradition including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, Bacon, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Dewey, Berdyaev, Einstein, and Heidegger. It pleads the urgent need to preserve the humanizing cultural ideals of the ancient classics against the modern tyranny of utility and the dangers of a new barbarism.

Author : Ellen Adams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000381382

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Disability Studies and the Classical Body by Ellen Adams Pdf

By triangulating the Greco-Roman world, classical reception, and disability studies, this book presents a range of approaches that reassess and reimagine traditional themes, from the narrative voice to sensory studies. It argues that disability and disabled people are the ‘forgotten other’ of not just Classics, but also the Humanities more widely. Beyond the moral merits of rectifying this neglect, this book also provides a series of approaches and case studies that demonstrate the intellectual value of engaging with disability studies as classicists and exploring the classical legacy in the medical humanities. The book is presented in four parts: ‘Communicating and controlling impairment, illness and pain’; ‘Using, creating and showcasing disability supports and services’; ‘Real bodies and retrieving senses: disability in the ritual record’; and ‘Classical reception as the gateway between Classics and disability studies’. Chapters by scholars from different academic backgrounds are carefully paired in these sections in order to draw out further contrasts and nuances and produce a sum that is more than the parts. The volume also explores how the ancient world and its reception have influenced medical and disability literature, and how engagements with disabled people might lead to reinterpretations of familiar case studies, such as the Parthenon. This book is primarily intended for classicists interested in disabled people in the Greco-Roman past and in how modern disability studies may offer insights into and reinterpretations of historic case studies. It will also be of interest to those working in medical humanities, sensory studies, and museum studies, and those exploring the wider tension between representation and reality in ancient contexts. As such, it will appeal to people in the wider Humanities who, notwithstanding any interest in how disabled people are represented in literature, art, and cinema, have had less engagement with disability studies and the lived experience of people with impairments. FREE CHAPTER AVAILABLE! Please go to https://bit.ly/3pzpO7n to access the Introduction, which we have made freely available.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : United States
ISBN : CHI:78023284

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The Literary Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030043647330

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Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward Jewitt Wheeler,Isaac Kaufman Funk,William Seaver Woods
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000020208172

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Literary Digest: a Repository of Contemporaneous Thought and Research as Presented in the Periodical Literature of the World by Edward Jewitt Wheeler,Isaac Kaufman Funk,William Seaver Woods Pdf

Author : Benjamin Isaac
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0691125988

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The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity by Benjamin Isaac Pdf

"The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity further suggests that an understanding of ancient attitudes toward other peoples shed light not only on Greco-Roman imperialism and the ideology of enslavement of foreigners in those societies (and on foreigners concomitant integration or non-integration), but also on the disintegration of the Roman Empire and on more recent imperialism as well."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Lorna Hardwick,Christopher Stray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444393774

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A Companion to Classical Receptions by Lorna Hardwick,Christopher Stray Pdf

Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later centuries, and the fastest growing area in classics Brings together 34 essays by an international group of contributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts and practices Combines close readings of key receptions with wider contextualization and discussion Explores the impact of Greek and Roman culture worldwide, including crucial new areas in Arabic literature, South African drama, the history of photography, and contemporary ethics

Author : David M. Schaps
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136919671

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Handbook for Classical Research by David M. Schaps Pdf

One of the glories of the Greco-Roman classics is the opportunity that they give us to consider a great culture in its entirety; but our ability to do that depends on our ability to work comfortably with very varied fields of scholarship. The Handbook for Classical Research offers guidance to students needing to learn more about the different fields and subfields of classical research, and its methods and resources. The book is divided into 7 parts: The Basics, Language, The Traditional Fields, The Physical Remains, The Written Word, The Classics and Related Disciplines, The Classics since Antiquity. Topics covered range from history and literature, lexicography and linguistics, epigraphy and palaeography, to archaeology and numismatics, and the study and reception of the classics. Guidance is given not only to read, for example, an archaeological or papyrological report, but also on how to find such sources when they are relevant to research. Concentrating on "how-to" topics, the Handbook for Classical Research is a much needed resource for both teachers and students.

Author : Claus Kiefer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030887810

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From Quantum to Classical by Claus Kiefer Pdf

Quantum theory is at the foundation of the physical description of our world. One of the people who contributed significantly to our conceptual understanding of this theory was Heinz-Dieter Zeh (1932-2018). He was the pioneer of the process of decoherence, through which the classical appearance of our world can be understood. This volume presents a collection of essays dedicated to his memory, written by distinguished scientists and scholars. They cover all aspects of the interpretation of quantum theory in general and the quantum-to-classical transition in particular. This volume provides illuminating reading to anyone seeking a deep understanding of quantum theory and its relevance to the foundations of physics.

Author : John Boening
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781000765878

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The Reception of Classical German Literature in England, 1760-1860, Volume 6 by John Boening Pdf

The extensive scope of this collection means that this documentary record of the reception of German literature in England is a valuable scholarly resource. One of the most important features of British literary and intellectual history over the past 250 years is the influence of German literature. From the second half of the 18th Century, through the first decades of the 19th, German books and ideas attracted, then gained the attention of a nation. Despite the acknowledged importance of the influence on writers such as Coleridge and Carlyle the subject, though often alluded to, was rarely studied. This collection provides a guidebook through the masses of periodical and allows the English side of the Anglo-German literary relationship to be explored in detail. In order to make the collection useful to scholars with a wide range of interest, it has been divided into three parts: Part 1 is a chronological presentation of commentary on German literature in general. It also contains collective reviews of multiple German authors, notices of important anthologies and reactions to influential works about Germany and its culture. Part 2 collects reviews of 18th Century individual German authors and Part 3 is devoted to the English reception of Goethe and Schiller. Parts 2 & 3 contain cross-references to the collective reviews of Part 1. Containing over 200 British serials and articles and reviews from all the major English literary periodicals, the collection also includes a broad sampling of opinion from the more general magazines, including some popular religious publications.

Author : N. Shippen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137354020

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Decolonizing Time by N. Shippen Pdf

Decolonizing Time: Work, Leisure, and Freedom demonstrates the importance of time as a central category for political theory, providing not only a history of the fight for time through political, feminist, and critical theory, but also assessing this tradition in the context of the United States.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Humanities
ISBN : UIUC:30112100648218

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Humanities by Anonim Pdf

Author : James I. Porter
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 0472087797

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Constructions of the Classical Body by James I. Porter Pdf

Distinguished international scholars examine the neglected issue of the body and its status in classical antiquity

Author : M. Haagsma
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004502277

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The Impact of Classical Greece on European and National Identities by M. Haagsma Pdf

These thirteen papers, from a colloquium held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens in 2000, examine European scholarship's fascination with classical Greece during the 19th and 20th centuries. Arranged geographically and then thematically, the papers discuss Greek attitudes towards classical archaeology and literature, Germany and Neoclassicism, classical Greece in Dutch literature and the influence of Greece on Dutch politics, the influence of Alexander the Great and the Persian Wars, the classical element in Victorian verse and interpretations of Homeric epic.