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Athens : the city as university
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Athens : the city as university / Niall Livingstone.
ISBN
9780415212960
0415212960
9781315646084
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Physical Description
ix, 124 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Athens has been synonymous with the life of the intellect, and Athens : A University City tells you just why. It is more than a history of education in terms of curriculum and shows the position of education and ideas in ancient Athens as a whole, providing an understanding of Athenian intellectual culture across the whole social range, and within its socio-political context"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 27, 2016
Series
Routledge monographs in classical studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part 1. Setting the stage for citizens
Introduction: Democratic knowledge
Citizens modern and ancient
Democracies
Intellectual attainment and democratic ideals
Myth and Mousike
Heroic politics
Hesiod's poetics of struggle
Solon : accommodating Athens to the muse
Part 2. Citizen spaces
Knowing where it happens
Democratic citizenship : staging and rehearsal
What did citizens learn?
Learning at home
Places of learning
The Agora
The view beyond the city
In and out of the barber's shop
Part 3. The citizen performer
Writing the city
Suspicion of writing in Athens
On writers (people who write written speeches, or Sophists)
The argument of "on writers"
A misdirected attack on writing?
The two faces of the writer
Stylish spontaneity
Conclusion: The city as university.
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