A Culture of Freedom : Ancient Greece and the Origins of Europe

by: Meier, Chr.

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A culture of freedom : ancient Greece and the origins of Europe

Author: Christian Meier

Summary:The book takes us on a tour through the rich spectrum of Greek life and culture, from their epic and lyric poetry, political thought and philosophy, to their social life, military traditions, sport, and religious festivals, and finally to the early stages of Greek democracy. Running as a connecting thread throughout is a people's attempt to create a society based upon the concept of freedom rather than naked power

Contents:
Part I. The Question of Beginnings: A most unusual case I: the appropriation of antiquity by medieval and modern Europe; The challenge of freedom; A most unusual case II: the early conditions of the formation of medieval and early modern culture; The constitution of Europe as a continent; Greeks and Persians I: freedom and rule
Atossa's dream; Europe and Asia in antiquity; Antiquity as European prehistory or early history
Part II. The Rise of the World of Poleis: A post-mycenaean new beginning : origins of Greek particularity; The dawn of an era : the eighth century BC; The Greeks and the Orient; Colonization; Homer and Hesiod; Gods and priests; Crisis and consolidation: the seventh and sixth centuries BC; Polis individualism and the pan-Hellenic context: the agonistic impulse; The diversity of the poleis: Sparta and other cities; The wars; Polis structure: public sphere and institutions; Crisis: aristocratic rivalries, social conflict, tyranny; Lyric poetry, the symposium, and a reorientation towards virtue; The beginnings of political thought: the 'middling class' ; The beginnings of philosophy and science; Athens's path towards Isonomy and its rise to power; The Aegean world around 500 BC: Greeks and Persians II; Outlook
Epilogue

Subjects:
Civilization
Civilization Greek influences
Europe
Europe Civilisation Influence grecque
Europe Civilization Greek influences
Greece
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C
Greece History Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C
Greece History To 146 B.C
Greece Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. History
Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C
Greece To 146 B.C. History
Grèce Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C
Grèce Histoire 500-449 av. J.-C. (Guerres médiques)
Grèce Histoire Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C
Grèce Politique et gouvernement Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C
Griechenland
HISTORY Ancient Greece
History
Kultur
Political science
Political science Greece History
Political science History. Greece
Politics and government
To 146 B.C

A Culture of Freedom : Ancient Greece and the Origins of Europe

by: Meier, Chr.

• ISBN-13: 9780199747405 / 978-0-19-974740-5
• ISBN-03: 0199747407 / 0-19-974740-7
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012

Price: 45,00 EURO

1 copy in stock