| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 182 pages) |
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Classical receptions |
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Classical receptions.
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| Contents |
Untimely knowledge -- The great transformation : ancient and modern economics -- Before alienation : the classical critique of modern society -- An aesthetic education : the failings of modern culture -- History as nightmare : conceptions of progress and decline -- Allusion and appropriation : the rhetorical uses of antiquity |
| Summary |
The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume.:.; Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences.; Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories.; Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-175) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social evolution.
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History, Ancient -- Philosophy
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Cultural Evolution
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology.
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History, Ancient -- Philosophy
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Social evolution
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Social sciences -- Philosophy
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Historia -- teori, filosofi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781444305128 |
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1444305123 |
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9781444305111 |
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1444305115 |
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1282007408 |
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9781282007406 |
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9786612007408 |
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6612007400 |
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