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almahu_9947414845502882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139094214 (ebook)
Content:
The ancient Greek historian Thucydides has had an enormous impact on modern historiography, political theory, international relations and strategic studies, but this influence has never been properly studied. This book brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the different facets of Thucydides' modern reception and influence, from the birth of political theory in Renaissance Europe to the rise of scientific history in nineteenth-century Germany and the triumph of 'realism' in twentieth-century international relations theory. Its chapters consider the different national and disciplinary traditions of reading and citing Thucydides, but also highlight common themes and questions; in particular, the variety of images of the historian produced by his modern readers: the scientific historian or the artful rhetorician, the brilliant analyst of society and politics or the great narrator of political and military events, the man of experience and affairs or the man of contemplation and reflection.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: the modern reception of Thucydides /
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Thucydides and the bellicose beginnings of modern political theory /
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Thucydides the Thermidorian: democracy on trial in the making of modern liberalism /
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Historicizing the classics: how nineteenth-century German historiography changed the perspective on historical tradition /
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The education offered by Athens: Thucydides and the stirrings of democracy in Britain /
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Thucydides, history and historicism in Wilhelm Roscher /
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Mourning and democracy: the Periclean epitaphios and its afterlife /
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The Greek Thucydides: Venizelos' translation of Thucydides /
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Thucydides and 'realism' among the classics of international relations /
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International relations and Thucydides /
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Receiving Thucydides politically /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107019201
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139094214
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