Classics in the modern world : a "democratic turn"? / / edited by Lorna Hardwick and Stephen Harrison

• Record Nr.: UNISA996205776003316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-19-102994-7; 0-19-176057-9; 0-19-165543-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (516 p.)
• Collana: Classical Presences; Classical presences
• Altri autori (Persone): HardwickLorna; HarrisonStephen J
• Disciplina: 880.9
• Soggetti: Classical literature; Literature, Ancient
• 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: ""Cover""; ""Classics in the Modern World: A â€?Democratic Turnâ€??""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction: Lorna Hardwick and Stephen Harrison""; ""1. HAS THERE BEEN A â€?DEMOCRATIC TURNâ€?? THE CONCEPT OF THE â€?TURNâ€? IN CULTURAL ANALYSIS""; ""2. THE USE OF THE TERM â€?DEMOCRATICâ€?: EMOTIVE? DESCRIPTIVE? OPAQUE?""; ""3. THE â€?WORLDâ€? THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DEBATE IN THIS VOLUMEâ€?ANCIENT, MODERN, CONTEMPORARY?""; ""4. THE PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS UNDERLYING THE RESEARCH""; ""5. CONFERENCE DEBATES""; ""6. SITUATING THIS PROJECT""""EDITORSâ€? NOTE""; ""Section 1: Controversies and Debates""; ""1: Questioning the Democratic, and Democratic Questioning""; ""1. DEMOCRACY BETWEEN IDEOLOGY AND ASPIRATION""; ""2. ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY: AORIST OR IMPERFECT?""; ""3. DEMOCRACY AS (SELF-)CRITIQUE: EDWARD SAIDâ€?S HUMANISM""; ""2: Against the â€?Democratic Turnâ€?: Counter-texts; Counter-contexts; Counter-arguments""; ""1. CONCEPTUAL VALIDITY""; ""First: what do we understand by â€?turnâ€?? And are there other examples?""; ""2. IS THERE A CRITICAL MASS OF DEMOCRATICALLY ORIENTATED CONTENT AND PRACTICE?""""Trojan Horses""; ""Homer""; ""Thucydides, historiography, and the modern world""; ""3. SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLIC PERSPECTIVES""; ""4. WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A â€?DEMOCRATIC TURNâ€?â€?AND IS IT FEASIBLE OR EVEN DESIRABLE?""; ""3: The Divided Legacy of Politikon: Democracy and Conflict through Roman Translation""; ""1. A RUPTURED GENEALOGY""; ""2. THE POLITICAL AS CONSENSUS""; ""3. HISTORICAL â€?RETURNâ€? AS A SITE OF CRITIQUE""; ""4: A Democratic Turn in the Reception of the Romanâ€?Dutch Law of Treason in South Africa?""""5: Labour and the Classics: Plato and Crossman in Dialogue""; ""1. PLATO IN PROPRIA PERSONA""; ""2. SOCRATIC SOCIALISM?""; ""3. MEANS AND MEDIA""; ""Section 2: Area Studyâ€?The United States""; ""6: Appropriations of Cicero and Cato in the Making of American Civic Identity""; ""1. CICERO""; ""2. CATO""; ""3. THE LASTING INFLUENCE OF CICERO AND CATO""; ""7: Classics as a Weapon: African Americans and the Fight for Inclusion in American Democracy""; ""1. ALEXANDER CRUMMELL (1819â€?1898)""; ""2. WILLIAM G. ALLEN""""3. A DEMOCRATIC TURN?""; ""8: Civilization and Savagery at the 1893 Worldâ€?s Columbian Exposition""; ""1. THE WHITE CITY""; ""2. MACHINERY HALL""; ""3. THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE""; ""4. FAIRGOER RESPONSE: PATTERNS AND POSSIBILITIES""; ""9: The Expansion of Tragedy as Critique""; ""10: Investigating American Womenâ€?s Engagements with Graeco-Roman Antiquity, and Expanding the Circle of Classicists""; ""1. DEFINING â€?BETTER PRACTICESâ€? IN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION""; ""2. â€?CASE IN POINTâ€? FOR TWO CASE STUDIES: AMERICAN WOMENâ€?S ENGAGEMENTS WITH CLASSICAL STUDIES AND CLASSICISM""
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Classics in the Modern World' explores the features and implications of a 'democratic turn' in modern perceptions of the ancient world. Exploring the relationship between Greek and Roman ways of thinking and modern definitions of democratic practices and approaches, it enables a wider re-evaluation of the role of classics in the modern world.