Anthropology

Modern Greek Lessons: A Primer in Historical Constructivism

Paperback

Price:
$68.00/拢58.00
ISBN:
Published:
Nov 19, 1995
1993
Pages:
340
Size:
7.75 x 10 in.
Illus:
28 halftones

Through a blend of lively detail and elegant narration, James Faubion immerses us in the cosmopolitan intellectual life of Athens, a centerless city of multiplicities and fragmentations, a city on the 鈥渕argins of Europe鈥 recovering from the repressive rule of a military junta. Drawing inspiration from Athens and its cultural elite, Faubion explores the meaning of modernity, finding it not in the singular character of 鈥淲estern civilization鈥 but instead in an increasingly diverse family of practices of reform.