Antiquity and modernity /
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 influences.; Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories.; Highlights writings from a wi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781444305128 1444305123 9781444305111 1444305115 1282007408 9781282007406 9786612007408 6612007400 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.