The muse of history : the ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present

The muse of history The ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present

Oswyn Murray

Book - 2024

"Oswyn Murray charts the shifting uses of the ancient past, showing how three centuries of scholars interpreted Ancient Greece in the light of contemporary political interests. Rich in stories and portraits of influential thinkers, The Muse of History is a powerful reminder that the meaning of the past is always made in and for the present."--

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Subjects
Historians > Europe > Attitudes > History.
Historiography > Europe > History.
Historiography > Study and teaching > Europe > History.
Civilization, Classical > Historiography.
History > Methodology.
Greece > Historiography.
Rome > Historiography.
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Genres
Informational works
Documents d'information
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard Universiy Press 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Oswyn Murray (author)
Edition
First Harvard University Press edition
Physical Description
x, 517 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-501) and index.
ISBN
9780674297456
  • Par 1. The Muse of History
  • Introduction: Past and Present
  • The Republic of Letters
  • 1. The Western Traditions of Ancient History
  • 2. Enlightenment Greece: Sparta versus Athens
  • 3. Ireland Invents Greek History: The Lost Historian John Gast
  • 4. The Philhellenes and Marathon
  • Radical History
  • 5. The Contested Reign of Mitford
  • 6. Romantic History in Britain and Europe
  • 7. Utilitarian History: Mill and Grote
  • The Triumph of Germany
  • 8. Hegel, Niebuhr, and Critical History
  • 9. Burckhardt and Cultural History
  • 10. The Archaic Age
  • 11. The Problem of Socrates
  • 12. In Search of the Key to All Mythologies
  • Part 2. The Angel of History
  • The Crisis of the Republic of Letters
  • 13. The Repentance of Gilbert Murray
  • 14. Saving Civilization: The Warburg Institute and the SPSL
  • 15. Momigliano on Peace and Liberty
  • 16. Momigliano in England
  • The School of Paris
  • 17. Fernand Braudel and the Mediterranean
  • 18. The 'École de Paris'
  • Unfinished Business
  • 19. Dark Times: The Cold War and the Triumph of Capitalism
  • 20. The Crisis of Theory in History
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • List of Illustrations
  • Index

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