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Introduction: the modern reception of Thucydides / Katherine Harloe and Neville Morley -- Thucydides and the bellicose beginnings of modern political theory / Kinch Hoekstra -- Thucydides the Thermidorian: democracy on trial in the making of modern liberalism / Nadia Urbinari -- Historicising the classics: how nineteenth-century German historiography changed the perspective on historical tradition / Johannes Süßmann -- The education offered by Athens: Thucydides and the stirrings of democracy in Britain / Elizabeth Potter -- Thucydides, history and historicism in Wilhelm Roscher / Neville Morley -- Mourning and democracy: the Periclean epitaphios and its afterlife / Jennifer Roberts -- The Greek Thucydides: Venizelos' translation of Thucydides / Emily Greenwood -- Thucydides and 'realism' among the classics of international relations / Steven Forde -- International relations and Thucydides / Richard Ned Lebow -- Receiving Thucydides politically / Geoffrey Hawthorn. |
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Cover; THUCYDIDES AND THE MODERN WORLD; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Introduction: the modern reception of Thucydides; LANDMARKS IN THE POST-RENAISSANCE RECEPTION OF THUCYDIDES; APPROACHING THUCYDIDEAN RECEPTION; TRANSLATION, SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION; CONCEPTIONS OF THUCYDIDES AND HIS WORK; KEY READINGS AND THEMES; THE USE AND ABUSE OF THUCYDIDES; RECEIVING THUCYDIDES; CHAPTER 2: Thucydides and the bellicose beginnings of modern political theory; CHAPTER 3: Thucydides the Thermidorian: democracy on trial in the making of modern liberalism. |
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GIRONDINS AND THERMIDORIANSTHE IDEOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE OF ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY; A CENTURY OF MYTHS; THUCYDIDES AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST; A DIVIDED LIBERAL FAMILY; AN 'EXCEPTION' TO THE RULE: THUCYDIDES THE DEMOCRAT; CHAPTER 4: Historicising the classics: how nineteenth-century German historiography changed the perspective on historical tradition; HISTORICISATION AS AN EXPERIENCE: THE SHOCK-WAVES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION; HISTORICISATION AS AN INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION: GERMAN IDEALISM; HISTORICISATION AS A TASK: THE POLITICAL IMPACT; HISTORICISING THUCYDIDES: THE EXAMPLE OF FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL. |
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CHAPTER 5: The education offered by Athens: Thucydides and the stirrings of democracy in BritainBRITISH POLITICAL THOUGHT IN THE MID NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE RELEVANCE OF ATHENS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THUCYDIDES; J.S. MILL; MATTHEW ARNOLD; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 6: Thucydides, history and historicism in Wilhelm Roscher; HISTORY AS SCIENCE; HISTORY AS ART; INFLUENCE; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7: Mourning and democracy: the Periclean epitaphios and its afterlife; CHAPTER 8: The Greek Thucydides: Venizelos' translation of Thucydides; BACKGROUND; THE CONTEXT FOR VENIZELOS' TRANSLATION. |
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SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGECASE STUDY: READING VENIZELOS' TRANSLATION OF THUC. VII. 87.5-VIII. 1.2; Thucydides History VII. 87.5-6; Zervos 1911, vol. IV: 55; Venizelos 1940, vol. II: 222; Crawley, edited by Strassler 1996: 478; MINORITY TRANSLATION; CHAPTER 9: Thucydides and 'realism' among the classics of international relations; I; II; III; IV; CHAPTER 10: International relations and Thucydides; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AFTER THE COLD WAR; THUCYDIDES; THE FUTURE OF THUCYDIDES; CHAPTER 11: Receiving Thucydides politically; References; Index. |
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Explores the far-reaching impact of the ancient Greek historian Thucydides on modern historiography, political theory and international relations. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Thucydides -- Influence.
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Thucydides. |
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Thucydides -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Historiography -- Philosophy.
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Historiography -- Philosophy. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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International relations -- Philosophy.
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International relations -- Philosophy. |
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Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy.
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Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Morley, Neville.
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Print version: Harloe, Katherine. Thucydides and the Modern World : Reception, Reinterpretation and Influence from the Renaissance to the Present. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107019201 (DLC) 2012010629 (OCoLC)779864069 |
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9781139516907 |
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1139516906 |
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9781139518765 (electronic book) |
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1139518763 (electronic book) |
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9781139515252 (electronic book) |
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113951525X (electronic book) |
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9781139094214 (electronic book) |
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1139094211 (electronic book) |
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9781107019201 |
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1107019206 |
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9786613684875 |
