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Thucydides and the modern world : reception, reinterpretation and influence from the Renaissance to the present /
Explores the far-reaching impact of the ancient Greek historian Thucydides on modern historiography, political theory and international relations.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Introduction: the modern reception of Thucydides / Katherine Harloe and Neville Morley
- Thucydides and the bellicose beginnings of modern political theory / Kinch Hoekstra
- Thucydides the Thermidorian: democracy on trial in the making of modern liberalism / Nadia Urbinari
- Historicising the classics: how nineteenth-century German historiography changed the perspective on historical tradition / Johannes Süßmann
- The education offered by Athens: Thucydides and the stirrings of democracy in Britain / Elizabeth Potter
- Thucydides, history and historicism in Wilhelm Roscher / Neville Morley
- Mourning and democracy: the Periclean epitaphios and its afterlife / Jennifer Roberts
- The Greek Thucydides: Venizelos' translation of Thucydides / Emily Greenwood
- Thucydides and 'realism' among the classics of international relations / Steven Forde
- International relations and Thucydides / Richard Ned Lebow
- Receiving Thucydides politically / Geoffrey Hawthorn.
- Cover; THUCYDIDES AND THE MODERN WORLD; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Introduction: the modern reception of Thucydides; LANDMARKS IN THE POST-RENAISSANCE RECEPTION OF THUCYDIDES; APPROACHING THUCYDIDEAN RECEPTION; TRANSLATION, SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION; CONCEPTIONS OF THUCYDIDES AND HIS WORK; KEY READINGS AND THEMES; THE USE AND ABUSE OF THUCYDIDES; RECEIVING THUCYDIDES; CHAPTER 2: Thucydides and the bellicose beginnings of modern political theory; CHAPTER 3: Thucydides the Thermidorian: democracy on trial in the making of modern liberalism.
- GIRONDINS AND THERMIDORIANSTHE IDEOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE OF ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY; A CENTURY OF MYTHS; THUCYDIDES AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST; A DIVIDED LIBERAL FAMILY; AN 'EXCEPTION' TO THE RULE: THUCYDIDES THE DEMOCRAT; CHAPTER 4: Historicising the classics: how nineteenth-century German historiography changed the perspective on historical tradition; HISTORICISATION AS AN EXPERIENCE: THE SHOCK-WAVES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION; HISTORICISATION AS AN INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION: GERMAN IDEALISM; HISTORICISATION AS A TASK: THE POLITICAL IMPACT; HISTORICISING THUCYDIDES: THE EXAMPLE OF FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL.
- CHAPTER 5: The education offered by Athens: Thucydides and the stirrings of democracy in BritainBRITISH POLITICAL THOUGHT IN THE MID NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE RELEVANCE OF ATHENS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THUCYDIDES; J.S. MILL; MATTHEW ARNOLD; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 6: Thucydides, history and historicism in Wilhelm Roscher; HISTORY AS SCIENCE; HISTORY AS ART; INFLUENCE; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7: Mourning and democracy: the Periclean epitaphios and its afterlife; CHAPTER 8: The Greek Thucydides: Venizelos' translation of Thucydides; BACKGROUND; THE CONTEXT FOR VENIZELOS' TRANSLATION.
- SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGECASE STUDY: READING VENIZELOS' TRANSLATION OF THUC. VII. 87.5-VIII. 1.2; Thucydides History VII. 87.5-6; Zervos 1911, vol. IV: 55; Venizelos 1940, vol. II: 222; Crawley, edited by Strassler 1996: 478; MINORITY TRANSLATION; CHAPTER 9: Thucydides and 'realism' among the classics of international relations; I; II; III; IV; CHAPTER 10: International relations and Thucydides; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AFTER THE COLD WAR; THUCYDIDES; THE FUTURE OF THUCYDIDES; CHAPTER 11: Receiving Thucydides politically; References; Index.