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Livres anciens et modernes

Knox, Bernard

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

W.W.Norton, 1993

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Année
1993
ISBN
0393034925
Lieu d'édition
New York
Auteur
Knox, Bernard
Éditeurs
W.W.Norton
Edition
1st US Edition.
Thème
GREECE ANCIENT CLASSICAL GREEK CULTURE
Description
Near Fine
Description
H
Jaquette
Oui
Etat de conservation
Tres bonne condition
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

" 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