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Moses Finley and politics / edited by W. V. Harris ; Paul Cartledge [and seven others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 40.
- Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, 0166-1302 ; Volume 40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classicists--United States--Biography.
- Classicists.
- Classicists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Economic history--To 500.
- Economic history.
- Anti-communist movements--United States.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-1986--Political and social views.
- Finley, M. I.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Moses Finley (1912-1986) was one of the most widely read scholarly historians and journalists of his age, having grown famous with The World of Odysseus ; and he exercised a transformative influence on the study of the history of Greek and Roman antiquity. In this centenary volume distinguished ancient historians and Americanists analyse Finley’s political and intellectual evolution, and attempt to understand the paradoxes of the young leftist and victim of McCarthyism whose work owes more to Weber than to Marx and of the young Jewish scholar (Moses Finkelstein) who distanced himself from Jewishness.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- A Brief Introduction / W. V. Harris
- Moses Finkelstein and the American Scene: The Political Formation of Moses Finley, 1932–1955 / Daniel P. Tompkins
- Finkelstein the Orientalist / Seth R. Schwartz
- The Young Moses Finley and the Discipline of Economics / Richard P. Saller
- Moses Finley and the Academic Red Scare / Ellen Schrecker
- Dilemmas of Resistance / Αlice Kessler-Harris
- Finley’s Democracy/Democracy’s Finley / Paul Cartledge
- Politics in the Ancient World and Politics / W. V. Harris
- Un-Athenian Affairs: I. F. Stone, M. I. Finley, and the Trial of Socrates / Τhai Jones
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26169-9
- OCLC:
- 865656686
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004261693 DOI
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