UID:
edocfu_9958352531902883
Format:
1 online resource (340 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Course Book.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1994. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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Edition:
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ISBN:
9781400820955
Series Statement:
Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
Content:
Through a blend of lively detail and elegant narration, James Faubion immerses us in the cosmopolitan intellectual life of Athens, a centerless city of multiplicities and fragmentations, a city on the "margins of Europe" recovering from the repressive rule of a military junta. Drawing inspiration from Athens and its cultural elite, Faubion explores the meaning of modernity, finding it not in the singular character of "Western civilization" but instead in an increasingly diverse family of practices of reform.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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PREFACE: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS --
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INTRODUCTION: For the Time Being: Some Notes on the Manners of Modern Lives --
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1. Model Improbabilities: Athens at First Sight --
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2. Remembering and Remodeling: The Metaleptic Metropolis --
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3. Crossing the Threshold: Notes on Conflict at a Certain Greek Airport --
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4. Sovereignty and Its Discontents --
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5. "Everything Is Possible": Notes on the Greek Modern --
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6. The Self Made: Developing a Postnational Character --
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7. The Works of Margharita Karapanou: Literature as a Technology of Self-Formation --
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8. Men Are Not Always What They Seem: From Sexual Modernization toward Sexual Modernity --
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EPILOGUE: After the Present --
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NOTES --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781400820955
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400820955
