The Greeks and the New
Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience
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- Author: Armand D'Angour, Jesus College, Oxford
- Date Published: October 2011
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521616485
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The Greeks have long been regarded as innovators across a wide range of fields in literature, culture, philosophy, politics and science. However, little attention has been paid to how they thought and felt about novelty and innovation itself, and to relating this to the forces of traditionalism and conservatism which were also present across all the various societies within ancient Greece. What inspired the Greeks to embark on their unique and enduring innovations? How did they think and feel about the new? This book represents the first serious attempt to address these issues, and deals with the phenomenon across all periods and areas of classical Greek history and thought. Each chapter concentrates on a different area of culture or thought, while the book as a whole argues that much of the impulse towards innovation came from the life of the polis which provided its setting.
Read more- Proposes a new view of the ancient Greeks, in particular regarding their attitudes to novelty
- Covers a wide range of areas of Greek literature, history and philosophy
- Combines history with methodologies relevant to the broader subject (such as from philology and literature)
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"...this is a fascinating, engaging book. D’Angour has demonstrated that the ancient Greeks , in almost every sphere , believed that novelty, change, and newness were not necessarily things that “just happen.” Rather, as he shows, these phenomena could be seen as the result of human intention, ambition, skill, effort, and ingenuity. In a field that has only recently begun to remember its roots in (and its obligations to) the minds of ancient individuals, D’Angour’s The Greeks and the New shows the way forward. Not to be missed." --BMCR
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- Date Published: October 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521616485
- length: 276 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- contains: 1 table
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. New, new, new
2. Loosening the grip of the past
3. The transformations of Kaineus
4. Old and new
5. Nothing new under the sun
6. The birth of Athena
7. Inventions of Eris
8. The newest song
9. Constructions of novelty
10. So what's new?
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