Niall Livingstone

Athens

The City as University

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Athens has been synonymous with the life of the intellect, and Athens: The City as University tells you just why. It is more than a history of education in terms of curriculum and shows the position of education and ideas in ancient Athens as a whole, providing an understanding of Athenian intellectual culture a

Produktdetails

• Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780367864675
• ISBN-10: 0367864673
• Artikelnr.: 58438359

Autorenporträt

Niall Livingstone is a Senior Lecturer in Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.

Inhaltsangabe

About this book
Acknowledgements
PART 1: SETTING THE STAGE FOR CITIZENS
Introduction: Democratic Knowledge
Citizens Modern and Ancient
Democracies
Intellectual Attainment and Democratic Ideals
Myth and Mousik¿
Heroic Politics
Hesiod's Poetics of Struggle
Solon: Accommodating Athens to the Muse
PART 2: CITIZEN SPACES
Knowing Where It Happens
Democratic Citizenship: Staging and Rehearsal
What Did Citizens Learn?
Learning at Home
Places of Learning
The Agora
The View beyond the City
In and Out of the Barber's Shop
PART 3: THE CITIZEN PERFORMER
Writing the City
Suspicion of Writing in Athens
On Writers (People Who Write Written Speeches, or Sophists)
The Argument of 'On Writers'
A Misdirected Attack on Writing?
The Two Faces of the Writer
Stylish Spontaneity
Conclusion: the City as University
Bibliography