Ancient Greece and American Conservatism: Classical Influence on the Modern Right - Paperback
by John Bloxham
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Availability:In StockContributor:John BloxhamSeries:Library of Classical StudiesPublish date:2019-09-19Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350129429ISBN-10:1350129429UPC:9781350129429Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Political Ideologies, AncientBook Topic:20th Century, Conservatism & Liberalism, GreeceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCFZA4PEF7
Ancient Greece and American Conservatism: Classical Influence on the Modern Right
US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power. In the 1950s they used Plato to defend moral absolutism; in the 1960s it was Aristotle as a means to develop a uniquely conservative social science; and then Thucydides helped to justify a more assertive foreign policy in the 1990s.
By tracing this phenomenon and analysing these, and various other,...
Series: Library of Classical Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350129429ISBN-10:1350129429UPC:9781350129429Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Political Ideologies, AncientBook Topic:20th Century, Conservatism & Liberalism, GreeceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCFZA4PEF7
John Bloxham teaches at the University of Nottingham, where he leads courses on classical history and ancient Greek. He is also an associate tutor at the University of Leicester and associate lecturer at the Open University. He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham.
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