Modern Greek lessons : a primer in historical constructivism / James D. Faubion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faubion, James D., 1957-

Series:

Princeton studies in culture/power/history.

Princeton studies in culture/power/history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athens (Greece)--Civilization.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

INTRODUCTION: For the Time Being: Some Notes on the Manners of Modern Lives

PART I: REVIEWING ATHENS

1. Model Improbabilities: Athens at First Sight

2. Remembering and Remodeling: The Metaleptic Metropolis

PART II: ANOTHER MODERNITY

3. Crossing the Threshold: Notes on Conflict at a Certain Greek Airport

4. Sovereignty and Its Discontents

5. "Everything Is Possible": Notes on the Greek Modern

PART III: AFTER THE COLONELS: PROJECTS OF SELF-DEFINITION AND SELF-FORMATION SINCE 1974

6. The Self Made: Developing a Postnational Character

7. The Works of Margharita Karapanou: Literature as a Technology of Self-Formation

8. Men Are Not Always What They Seem: From Sexual Modernization toward Sexual Modernity

EPILOGUE: After the Present

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-288) and index.

ISBN:

9786612751721

9781400802128

1400802121

9781400811540

1400811546

9781282751729

1282751727

9781400820955

1400820952

OCLC:

707068793