An edition of A culture of freedom
(2011)
A culture of freedom
ancient Greece and the origins of Europe
by Christian Meier
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The book takes us on a tour through the rich spectrum of Greek life and culture, from their epic and lyric poetry, political thought and philosophy, to their social life, military traditions, sport, and religious festivals, and finally to the early stages of Greek democracy. Running as a connecting thread throughout is a people's attempt to create a society based upon the concept of freedom rather than naked power.
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A culture of freedom: ancient Greece and the origins of Europe
2011, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents
A most unusual case I : the appropriation of antiquity by medieval and modern Europe
The challenge of freedom
A most unusual case II : the early conditions of the formation of medieval and early modern culture
The constitution of Europe as a continent
Greeks and Persians I : freedom and rule-Atossa's dream
Europe and Asia in antiquity
Antiquity as European prehistory or early history
A post-mycenaean new beginning : origins of greek particularity
The dawn of an era : the eighth century BC
The Greeks and the Orient
Colonization
Homer and Hesiod
Gods and priests
Crisis and consolidation : the seventh and sixth centuries BC
Polis individualism and the pan-Hellenic context : the agonistic impulse
The diversity of the poleis : Sparta and other cities
The wars
Polis structure : public sphere and institutions
Crisis : aristocratic rivalries, social conflict, tyrannies
Lyric poetry, the symposium, and a reorientation towards virtue
The beginnings of political thought : the 'middling class'
The beginnings of philosophy and science
Athens's path towards Isonomia and its rise to power
The Aegean world around 500 BC: Greeks and Persians outlook
Epilogue.
Edition Notes
Translation of: Kultur, um der Freiheit willen.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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