1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454709203321

Autore

Wohl Victoria <1966->

Titolo

Love among the ruins [[electronic resource] ] : the erotics of democracy in classical Athens / / Victoria Wohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-08765-7

9786612087653

1-4008-2529-6

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

320.938/5

Soggetti

Democracy - Greece - Athens - Psychological aspects - History

Sex role - Political aspects - Greece - Athens - History

Sex - Political aspects - Greece - Athens - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction: Ideological Desire -- Chapter I. PERICLES' LOVERS -- Chapter II. PORNOS OF THE PEOPLE -- Chapter III. PERVERSE DESIRE: THE EROS OF ALCIBIADES -- Chapter IV. THE EROTICS OF EMPIRE -- Chapter V. WHAT DOES THE TYRANT WANT? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Classical Athenian literature often speaks of democratic politics in sexual terms. Citizens are urged to become lovers of the polis, and politicians claim to be lovers of the people. Victoria Wohl argues that this was no dead metaphor. Exploring the intersection between eros and politics in democratic Athens, Wohl traces the private desires aroused by public ideology and the political consequences of citizens' most intimate longings. Love among the Ruins analyzes the civic fantasies that lay beneath (but not necessarily parallel to) Athens's political ideology. It shows how desire can disrupt politics and provides a deeper--at times disturbing--insight into the democratic unconscious of ancient Athens. The Athenians imagined the perfect citizen as a noble and manly lover. But this icon conceals a multitude of



other possible figures: sexy tyrants, potent pathics, and seductive perverts. Through critical re-readings of canonical texts, Wohl investigates these fantasies, which seem so antithetical to Athens's manifest ideals. She examines the interrelation of patriotism and narcissism, the trope of politics as prostitution, the elite suspicion of political pleasure, and the status of perversion within Athens's sexual and political norms. She also discusses the morbid drive that propelled Athenian imperialism, as well as democratic Athens's paradoxical fascination with the joys of tyranny. Drawing on contemporary critical theory in original ways, Wohl sketches the relationship between citizen psyche and political life to illuminate the complex, frequently contradictory passions that structure democracy, ancient and modern.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455339503321

Autore

Bakker Stéphanie J

Titolo

The noun phrase in ancient Greek [[electronic resource] ] : a functional analysis of the order and articulation of NP constituents in Herodotus / / by Stéphanie J. Bakker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-40159-9

9786612401596

90-474-3066-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in classical philology

Disciplina

485/.6

Soggetti

Greek language - Noun

Greek language - Syntax

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter One. Introduction / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Two. Introduction To Word Order / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Three. Word Order In Single-Modifier Nps / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Four. Word Order In Multiple-Modifier Nps / S.J. Bakker --



Chapter Five. The Use Of The Article / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Six. The Articulation Of Np Constituents / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Seven. Overview / S.J. Bakker -- Index Of Linguistic Terms / S.J. Bakker -- References / S.J. Bakker -- Index Locorum / S.J. Bakker -- General Index / S.J. Bakker.

Sommario/riassunto

The structure of the noun phrase in Ancient Greek is extremely flexible: the various constituents may occur in almost every possible order and each constituent may or may not be preceded by an article. However, the use and function of the various options have received very little attention. This book tries to fill that gap. A functional analysis of the structure of the NP in Herodotus illucidateswhich arguments lead a native speaker in his choice to select one of the various possible NP patterns. The results do not only increase our knowledge of the NP, but also lead to a better interpretation of Ancient Greek texts.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164000703321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of What's the Matter with California? Cultural Rumbles from the Golden State and Why the Rest of Us Should be Shaking - Jack Cashill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

9782511002858

251100285X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (21 p.)

Disciplina

306.09794

Soggetti

California--Social conditions

Cultural pluralism--California

Multiculturalism--California

Social problems--California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of What's the Matter with



California? (Jack Cashill); Kansas Is Just Fine; Revisionist History; The Family; South Central & The Barrio; The Government as Father; Sky Blue; Faith, the Church, and the Left; Sin & Fame; Wearing Green; Values and the Environment; The Asian Influence; Distinctions of Immigration; Church & State; Brown is the New Black; The Great Awakening; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Jack Cashill in his book "What's the Matter with California? Cultural Rumbles from the Golden State and Why the Rest of Us Should be Shaking". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Jack Cashill's book.Cashill argues that the focus should be on California because a cultural cataclysm appears to be on the way but it is still time to save American treasure form that future.  He also points  that history has shown