Modern America and ancient Rome : an essay in historical comparison and analogy / / Simon Kiessling de Courcy |
Autore | DeCourcy Simon Kiessling <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico | Comparative civilization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-62894-155-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465712503321 |
DeCourcy Simon Kiessling <1971-> | ||
New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modern America and ancient Rome : an essay in historical comparison and analogy / / Simon Kiessling de Courcy |
Autore | DeCourcy Simon Kiessling <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico | Comparative civilization |
ISBN | 1-62894-155-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introductory reflections on the philosophy of history and Oswald Spengler's morphological theory of the high cultural formations -- The four basic stages of ancient and occidental history -- Hellenistic culture, philosophy and art : apoliticism, private aspiration and self-realization -- The degradation of the polis -- European mentalities of the post-imperialist age -- Pan-Hellenism, pan-Europeanism and supra-nationalism -- How the Greeks saw the Romans, and Europeans see the Americans -- How the Romans saw the Greeks, and Americans see the Europeans -- American puritanism and Roman religiousness -- Radical ideology and utopian vision -- Ancestral lands, mobility and depopulation -- Reluctant hegemons -- Present-day America and late Republican Rome. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798458403321 |
DeCourcy Simon Kiessling <1971-> | ||
New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modern America and ancient Rome : an essay in historical comparison and analogy / / Simon Kiessling de Courcy |
Autore | DeCourcy Simon Kiessling <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico | Comparative civilization |
ISBN | 1-62894-155-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introductory reflections on the philosophy of history and Oswald Spengler's morphological theory of the high cultural formations -- The four basic stages of ancient and occidental history -- Hellenistic culture, philosophy and art : apoliticism, private aspiration and self-realization -- The degradation of the polis -- European mentalities of the post-imperialist age -- Pan-Hellenism, pan-Europeanism and supra-nationalism -- How the Greeks saw the Romans, and Europeans see the Americans -- How the Romans saw the Greeks, and Americans see the Europeans -- American puritanism and Roman religiousness -- Radical ideology and utopian vision -- Ancestral lands, mobility and depopulation -- Reluctant hegemons -- Present-day America and late Republican Rome. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810356403321 |
DeCourcy Simon Kiessling <1971-> | ||
New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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