Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives [PDF]

• Autore: Gerry Thomas M. F. <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Wilmington, DE : , : Vernon Art and Science Inc., , 2022; ©2022
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 pages)
• Disciplina: 111.85
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Modern - 21st century - Greek influences; Civilization - Greek influences; Civilization - Influence
• Soggetto geografico: Greece Civilization Influence; Greece
• Soggetto genere / forma: Conference papers and proceedings.
• Nota di contenuto: Editor{u2019}s Introduction / Thomas M. F. Gerry ; Chapter 1 Bearing Witness: Becoming Greek in the Diaspora / Helen Vatsikopoulos ; Chapter 2 Transatlantic Hellas: Archiving Eastern Mediterranean Collections and Materials in the Smithsonian Institution / Alexander Nagel ; Chapter 3 The Greeks of Tarpon Springs in the Hollywood Imaginary / Velvet L. Yates ; Chapter 4 Pedagogies and Possibilities of Crisis: Greek and Iranian Film / Sahar Siavashi, William Ramp ; Chapter 5 Decolonizing the Boundaries of Belonging and Citizenship: Turning to Ancient Hellenic and Indigenous Cosmopolitanisms during the Climate Crisis / Cynthia J. Alexander ; Chapter 6 Common Divine Healing Themes in Ancient Greek and Traditional Zulu Culture / Stephen Edwards ; Chapter 7 Athens is Burning: A Tragedy in Three Acts / Gabrielle Moyer ; Chapter 8 The Inspirational Role of Greek Traditional Music in the Composition of Modern and Postmodern Guitar Repertoire / Ioannis Andronoglou ; Chapter 9 The Legacy of Talos: From Antiquity until Now / Hélène Jeannin, Ioannis Kostopoulos.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives' provides readers with opportunities to reconnect with the origins of thought in an astonishingly wide variety of areas: politics, economics, art, spirituality, gender relations, medicine, literature, philosophy, music, and so on. As the chapters in the book show, Classical Greek thought still informs much of contemporary culture.There are countless books and articles that deal with ancient Greece historically, and a similar number that focus on Greece as a contemporary travel destination. There is both a lot of interest in Greece as a place now, and in Greece's history and culture, which formed the early origins of much of Western civilisation. The distinctive attraction of 'Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives' is that it brings together, by means of fascinating examples, the two areas of interest: Greece's past in relation to its, and our, present.In addition to the general interest factor, the book suggests questions for re-examination: the individual chapters provide abundant original research on their subjects, and in most cases offer critiques on the assumptions about, and the interpretations of, Greece's ancient and contemporary cultural practices. These challenges themselves stimulate far-reaching thought and discussion, a feature highly attractive to readers (and students) wishing to develop a more in-depth understanding of the legacies of ancient Greece.
• Titolo autorizzato: Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives
• ISBN: 9781648894459
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911117416203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in World History