Class in Archaic Greece
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- Author: Peter W. Rose, Miami University
- Date Published: May 2018
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- isbn: 9781108459266
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Archaic Greece saw a number of decisive changes, including the emergence of the polis, the foundation of Greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea, the organization of panhellenic games and festivals, the rise of tyranny, the invention of literacy, the composition of the Homeric epics and the emergence of lyric poetry, the development of monumental architecture and large scale sculpture, and the establishment of 'democracy'. This book argues that the best way of understanding them is the application of an eclectic Marxist model of class struggle, a struggle not only over control of agricultural land but also over cultural ideals and ideology. A substantial theoretical introduction lays out the underlying assumptions in relation to alternative models. Material and textual remains of the period are examined in depth for clues to their ideological import, while later sources and a wide range of modern scholarship are evaluated for their explanatory power.
Read more- Applies a broadly eclectic Marxist approach to one of the formative periods of Western civilisation
- A substantial theoretical introduction lays out the underlying assumptions and Marxist approach in relation to alternative models
- Offers a deep engagement with surviving texts and visual remains of the period
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'A serious, reasoned, economic analysis.' London Review of Books
See more reviews'… a critical review of the scholarly literature on the emergence of Archaic political institutions … Rose's admonition to classicists to make the study of antiquity relevant to contemporary social and political concerns is imperative.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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- Date Published: May 2018
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108459266
- length: 453 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 153 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.67kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: theoretical considerations
1. Class in the Dark Age and the rise of the polis
2. Homer's Iliad: alienation from a changing world
3. Trade, colonization, and the Odyssey
4. Hesiod: Cosmogony, Basileis, farmers, and justice
5. Tyranny and the Solonian crisis
6. Sparta and the consolidation of the oligarchic ideal
7. Athens and the emergence of democracy.
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