Anthropology

Modern Greek Lessons: A Primer in Historical Constructivism

Paperback

Price:
$72.00/拢60.00
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.