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The Thucydidean Turn : (Re)Interpreting Thucydides' Political Thought Before, During and after the Great War
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Defining the Thucydidean Turn -- A short history of labelling Thucydides -- The proliferation of labels -- Thucydides today -- The value of the Thuc...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
, 2020
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| Series: | Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception Ser
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6162797 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Defining the Thucydidean Turn -- A short history of labelling Thucydides -- The proliferation of labels -- Thucydides today -- The value of the Thucydidean turn today: Psychology, realism and time -- The structure of this book -- 2 Thucydides: Between Science and Tragedy -- Thucydides from rational to tragic -- From Historicus to Mythistoricus -- The politics and ethics of Mythistoria -- Conclusion: Reception and influence -- 3 Thucydides, Realism and Political Psychology -- Before the Great War -- Thucydides the imperialist -- Greek political thought and modernity -- Thucydides and political psychology -- Thucydides: Man and scholar -- Conclusion: A new Thucydidean paradigm? -- 4 Thucydides, Realism and the Great War -- Abbott, Thucydides and the Great War -- Thucydides and historical realism -- Thucydides and political realism -- Self-interest in Thucydides -- Fear in international relations -- Conclusion -- 5 Thucydides, Historical Change and Contemporaneity -- Thucydides and the cycle of civilizations -- Toynbee on Cornford and the 'impersonal forces' of history -- The contemporaneity of Thucydides -- Conclusion: A Thucydidean turn? -- 6 Learning to Tolerate Thucydides -- The moral and political principles of Thucydides -- Thucydides the Realpolitiker -- The speeches as political thought -- Political psychology and historical change -- Thucydides the imperialist -- Conclusion: The morality of the city and man -- 7 Epilogue: American Thucydides(s) -- Wars ancient and modern: Thucydides in America -- Thucydidean turn(s) -- The value of the (British) Thucydidean turn -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781350123724 |
