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- Modern Greek Lessons: A Primer in Historical Constructivism
- Book
- 1995
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- p. ix
- PREFACE: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- pp. xi-xxiv
- Part I: Reviewing Athens
- Part II: Another Modernity
- 4 SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
- pp. 122-138
- Part III After the colonies: Projects of self-definition and self-formation since 1974
- EPILOGUE: AFTER THE PRESENT
- pp. 242-248
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 271-288
Additional Information
ISBN
9781400820955
Related ISBN(s)
9780691000503, 9780691094731, 9781400802128, 9781400802135, 9781400802142, 9781400811540, 9781400815814
MARC Record
OCLC
179096962
Pages
340
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No