Building Modern Antiquity - Hymns and Laments for Athens

This book considers post-19th-century Athens as a unique instance of a secret side of metropolitan capitalism.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction - Whose Athens?
Chapter 1 - Modern Antiquity and the Celebration of the Past
Chapter 2 - Modern Antiquity and the Rejection of the Past
Chapter 3 - Modern Antiquity and the Annihilation of the Past
Chapter 4 - Building Modern Ancient Athens
Chapter 5 - Celebrating Athens
Chapter 6 - Lamenting Athens
Conclusion - Our Athens
Index

About the author

Georgia Giannakopoulou is Assistant Professor in Sociology at The American College of Greece. She specializes in classical sociological theory and the sociology of architecture. She is the co-editor (with Greame Gilloch) of The Detective of Modernity: Essays on the Work of David Frisby.

Summary

This book considers post-19th-century Athens as a unique instance of a secret side of metropolitan capitalism.

Product details

• Authors: Georgia Giannakopoulou, Georgia (Acg-Deree Giannakopoulou
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032053936
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205393-6
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Visual Modernities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, REFERENCE / Research, Greece, Athens, Political science & theory, History of Architecture, Political science and theory, Topics in philosophy, Urban communities, Theory of architecture, Research methods: general