The Greeks and Greek Civilization
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In 1872, Jacob Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays ancient Greek culture as an aristocratic world based on a ruthless competition for honor, a competition that led, in turn, to a tyranous state with minimal personal freedoms. Burckhardt's landmark project, the culmination of thirty years of scholarlship by leading Oxford historian, Oswyn Murray, offers a rich cultural history of a fascinating society.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0312244479
ISBN13:9780312244477
Release Date:October 1999
Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
Length:504 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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The Greeks and Greek Civilization by Jacob Burckardt
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Near all books about Ancient Greeks and their great Civilization, since the Italian Renaissance, explain Greek philosophy, art, poetry, architecture etc., but they do not are concerned about how the ancient Greeks lived, their laws, their everyday life, their character, their history, their way of life. The books and their authors "idealize" the greatness of the achievements as born "out of the blue". Jacob Burckardt put the great achievements of the ancient Greeks in relation with their life, so a lot of unresolved and very difficult questions can easily find their right and now obvious answers. A beautiful work, but the original was in five volumes.
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