1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247976403316

Autore

Kim Lawrence Young <1970->

Titolo

Homer between history and fiction in imperial Greek literature / / by Lawrence Kim [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-511-90466-5

1-107-20478-X

0-511-85145-6

1-282-77821-8

9786612778216

0-511-90871-7

0-511-90947-0

0-511-90668-4

0-511-90540-8

0-511-76174-0

0-511-90796-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Greek culture in the Roman world

Disciplina

880.9/351

Soggetti

Greek literature - History and criticism

Trojan War - Literature and the war

Literature and history - Greece - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Imperial Homer, history, and fiction -- Homer, poet and historian: Herodotus and Thucydides -- Homer, the ideal geographer : Strabo's Geography -- Homer the liar: Dio Chrysostom's Trojan Oration -- Homer on the island. Lucian's True Stories -- Ghosts at Troy: Philostratus' Heroicus -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Did Homer tell the 'truth' about the Trojan War? If so, how much, and if not, why not? The issue was hardly academic to the Greeks living under the Roman Empire, given the centrality of both Homer, the father of Greek culture, and the Trojan War, the event that inaugurated Greek history, to conceptions of Imperial Hellenism. This book examines four



Greek texts of the Imperial period that address the topic - Strabo's Geography, Dio of Prusa's Trojan Oration, Lucian's novella True Stories, and Philostratus' fictional dialogue Heroicus - and shows how their imaginative explorations of Homer and his relationship to history raise important questions about the nature of poetry and fiction, the identity and intentions of Homer himself, and the significance of the heroic past and Homeric authority in Imperial Greek culture.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483295203321

Autore

Boi︠a︡dzhieva Pepka

Titolo

Adult Education as Empowerment : Re-imagining Lifelong Learning through the Capability Approach, Recognition Theory and Common Goods Perspective / / by Pepka Boyadjieva, Petya Ilieva-Trichkova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030671365

3030671364

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 343 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, , 2524-6321

Disciplina

374

Soggetti

Continuing education

Education and state

Education - Philosophy

Professional education

Vocational education

Lifelong Learning

Educational Policy and Politics

Philosophy of Education

Educational Philosophy

Professional and Vocational Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: The Feasibility Of Re-Imagining Adult Education As Empowerment -- 2.The Lifelong Learning Hybrid -- 3. The Heuristic



Potential Of The Capability Approach In Studying (Adult) Education -- 4. Adult Education As An Agency And Empowerment Process -- 5. The Social Embeddedness Of The Capability To Participate In Adult Education -- 6. Lifelong Striving For Recognition: A Recognition Perspective Towards Adult Education -- 7. Towards A Holistic Understanding Of The Missions And Roles Of Adult Education -- 8. Equity For Whom, To What And Where: The Multi-Dimensional Character Of Social Justice In Adult Education -- 9. Fragile Sociality: Inequalities In Access To Adult Education And Social Trust -- 10. Irreducibly Social: Rethinking Adult Education As A Common Good -- 11. Conclusion: Adult Education As An Instrument For Empowerment Or Social Control? -- 12 Methodological Note: Pros And Cons Of Large-Scale International Surveys.

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the AAACE Cyril O. Houle Award This book re-imagines the essence and role of adult education at both the individual and societal levels. It provides arguments for understanding adult education as a process of agency and empowerment, which has not only instrumental but intrinsic and transformative roles to play. This book brings together ideas from the capability approach with insights from recognition theory; the embeddedness approach; the political economic perspective for understanding public and private goods and the common goods perspective. The analysis draws on data from large-scale international studies – alongside qualitative data - and adopts a wide-ranging European comparative perspective. The book develops original instruments for measuring different dimensions of adult education as a common good, and its realisation in different social contexts. It is aimed at academics, students, practitioners, and policy makers interested in adult and/or higher education and the social justice perspective to human life.