The Other Greeks - Victor Davis Hanson
the family farm and the agrarian roots of western civilization
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Everyone has been taught that the Greek city-state is the source of the Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture. Now Victor Hanson, the author of several studies of ancient warfare and agriculture, has written a book that will change our view of Greek society.The real "Greek revolution" was not the rise of a free and democratic urban culture, remarkable as this was, but the independ...
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1995 Uitgever: Simon & Schuster 541 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0029137519 ISBN-13: 9780029137512Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture. Now Victor Hanson, the author of several studies of ancient warfare an...
Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture. Now Victor Hanson, the author of several studies of ancient warfare an...