Description
An eclectic Marxist approach reveals the centrality of conflict and ideological struggle in the socio-political and cultural changes in Archaic Greece.
About the Author
Peter W. Rose is a Professor of Classics at Miami University, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, Massachusetts and taught at Yale University, Connecticut for eight years. His publications include Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece (1992) and articles on Pindar, Sophocles, Homer, Marx and the Study Women in Antiquity, Thucydides, Cicero, film and pedagogy, Marxism and ideology.
Reviews
'A serious, reasoned, economic analysis.' London Review of Books
'... a critical review of the scholarly literature on the emergence of Archaic political institutions ... Rose's admonition to classicists to make the study of antiquity relevant to contemporary social and political concerns is imperative.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781108459266
Author Peter W. Rose
Format Paperback
Page Count 453
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 153mm * 25mm