Antiquity and Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Neville Morley is Professor of Ancient Economic History and Historical Theory at the University of Bristol. Previous publications include Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy (1996), Writing Ancient History (1999), Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History (2004), and Trade in Classical Antiquity (2007). Klappentext The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume.* Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences* Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories* Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud Zusammenfassung Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Note on References. 1. Untimely Knowledge. 2. The Great Transformation: ancient and modern economics. 3. Before Alienation: the classical critique of modern society. 4. An Aesthetic Education: the failings of modern culture. 5. History as Nightmare: conceptions of progress and decline. 6. Allusion and Appropriation: the rhetorical uses of antiquity. Bibliography of Sources. Bibliography. Index of Persons. Index of Subjects

Product details

• Authors: N Morley, Neville Morley, Neville (University of Bristol) Morley, Morley Neville
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9781405131391
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-3139-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Classical Receptions; Classical Receptions (Hardcove; Classical Receptions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Literaturwissenschaft, Geschichte, Kulturtheorie, Literature, History, Classical Studies, Spezialthemen Geschichte, History Special Topics, Literatur- u. Kulturtheorie, Literary & Cultural Theory, Humanistische Studien, Reception of the Ancient World, Rezeption der Antike