Ancient Greece and American Conservatism: Classical Influence on the Modern Right Contributor(s): Bloxham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350129429 ISBN-13: 9781350129429 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism - History | Ancient - Greece |
Series: Library of Classical Studies |
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.76 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power. In the 1950s they used Plato to defend moral absolutism; in the 1960s it was Aristotle as a means to develop a uniquely conservative social science; and then Thucydides helped to justify a more assertive foreign policy in the 1990s. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bloxham, John: - John Bloxham is Assosciate Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University, UK, where he leads courses on Classical History and Ancient Greek. He is also an Associate Tutor at the University of Leicester and the Open University. |