Classics
Why It Matters
For generations, the study of Greek and Latin was used to train the elites of the western world. Knowledge of classical culture, it was believed, produced more cultivated, creative individuals; Greece and Rome were seen as pinnacles of civilization, and the origins of western superiority over the rest of the world.Few today are willing to defend this elitist, sometimes racist, vision of the importance of classics, and it is no longer considered essential education for politicians and professionals. Shouldn't classics then be obsolete?Far from it. As Neville Morley shows, the ancients are as influential today as they ever have been, and we ign…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5095-1792-3
- EAN: 9781509517923
- Produktnummer: 24083554
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 140 S.
Über den Autor
Neville Morley is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of nine books, and blogs about classics at thesphinxblog.com.
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