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Modern Greek Lessons
A Primer in Historical Constructivism
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James D. Faubion
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English
Published/Copyright:
1993
About this book
Through a blend of lively detail and elegant narration, James Faubion immerses us in the cosmopolitan intellectual life of Athens, a centerless city of multiplicities and fragmentations, a city on the "margins of Europe" recovering from the repressive rule of a military junta. Drawing inspiration from Athens and its cultural elite, Faubion explores the meaning of modernity, finding it not in the singular character of "Western civilization" but instead in an increasingly diverse family of practices of reform.
Author / Editor information
James D. Faubion is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.
Reviews
"Modern Greek Lessons seeks to invent a new form for expressing the complexity and ambivalence toward the past, toward Europe, toward the United States, and toward themselves that members of the educated Greek elite struggle with individually and jointly. This is an important contribution from a young scholar who will unquestionably be one of the leading voices of his generation."—Paul Rabinow
"A skilled and compelling writer in the mode of the civilized sojourner. . . . Faubion deals brilliantly with a wide range of topics from contemporary Greek literature to sexuality."—George Marcus, Rice University
"A skilled and compelling writer in the mode of the civilized sojourner. . . . Faubion deals brilliantly with a wide range of topics from contemporary Greek literature to sexuality."—George Marcus, Rice University
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PART III: AFTER THE COLONELS: PROJECTS OF SELF-DEFINITION AND SELF-FORMATION SINCE 1974
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
October 30, 1995
eBook ISBN:
9781400820955
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Course Book
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340
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28 halftones
eBook ISBN:
9781400820955
Keywords for this book
Modernity; Greeks; Sovereignty; Modern Greek; The Other Hand; Politics; Classicism; Originality; Katharevousa; Intelligentsia; Rhetoric; Disenchantment; Superiority (short story); Phanariotes; Antithesis; Politique; Oppression; Imperialism; Puritans; Racism; Romanticism; Literature; Precedent; Homosexuality; Ideal type; Culture of Greece; Parallel state; Reprisal; Etymology; Synecdoche; Great power; Religion; Scientism; Existentialism; Bourgeoisie; Kitsch; Temporality; Irony; Ugly American (pejorative); Conservative coalition; Postmodernism; Kenneth Burke; Physiognomy; Taboo; Legal maxim; Litotes; Lord Byron; Metonymy; Moral equivalence; Historicism; Sophistication; Prostitution; Scholasticism; Effeminacy; Cosmopolitanism; Reinhart Koselleck; Secularization; Melange (fictional drug); Morality; Despotism; Thucydides; Civilization; Hellenistic period; Incest; Dichotomy; Conflation; Relativism; Ernest Gellner; Secularism; Kolonaki
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
