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Antiquity and modernity / Neville Morley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morley, Neville.
- Series:
- Classical receptions.
- Classical receptions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Social evolution.
- History, Ancient--Philosophy.
- History, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume.Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influencesIncorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theoriesHighlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud
- Contents:
- Untimely knowledge
- The great transformation : ancient and modern economics
- Before alienation : the classical critique of modern society
- An aesthetic education : the failings of modern culture
- History as nightmare : conceptions of progress and decline
- Allusion and appropriation : the rhetorical uses of antiquity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-175) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786612007408
- 9781282007406
- 1282007408
- 9781444305111
- 1444305115
- 9781444305128
- 1444305123
- OCLC:
- 476247469
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