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Knox, Bernard

The Oldest Dead White European Males And Other Reflections on the Classics

W.W.Norton, 1993

20,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1993
ISBN
0393034925
Lugar de impresión
New York
Autor
Knox, Bernard
Editores
W.W.Norton
Edición
1st US Edition.
Materia
GREECE ANCIENT CLASSICAL GREEK CULTURE
Descripción
Near Fine
Descripción
H
Sobrecubierta
Conservación
Muy bueno
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Copia autógrafa
No
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" In three erudite essays originally delivered as lectures, Knox stresses the relevance of the ancient Greeks (the "dead white males" of the title) to the modern world. Former director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, Knox defends the modern teaching of the humanities as "an education for democracy." While acknowledging the inferior status of women in ancient Greek society, he argues that women were a formidable presence in the household, and he finds in Greek epics, poetry and drama a wealth of assertive, active females. Knox portrays the Sophists, who taught rhetoric and poetry, as "the first professors of the humanities." It was the Sophists, not Socrates, who "brought theory down from the skies," he insists. He closes with an account of his year-long stay in Greece, where he found living ties between the country's ancient and contemporary language and culture. 144p