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基本説明
When and where did Europe begin? With the ancient Greeks, argues Christian Meier. But do we really know who the ancient Greeks were? And what was it that made their culture so special? Taking us on a fascinating tour through the ancient Greek world, Meier attempts to answer this question - to find the key to the 'miracle' of ancient Greece.
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Historians and President of the German Academy for Language and Literature in Darmstadt and in 2003 received thee prestigious Jacob Grimm prize for German literature. culture so special? A Culture of Freedom attempts to answer this question - to find the key to the 'miracle' of ancient Greece. The book takes us on a tour through the rich spectrum of Greek life and culture, from their epic and lyric poetry, political thought and philosophy, to their social life, military traditions, sport, and religious festivals, and finally to the early stages of Greek democracy. Running as a connecting thread throughout is a people's attempt to create a society based upon the freedom rather than power. It is this which, Meier argues, is the distinctive key to Greek culture, marking it out from all that had gone before, including the ancient societies of the Middle East from which the Greeks otherwise borrowed so much. The ancient Greeks managed to build a society founded on the concept of freedom - and by doing so helped mould the Europe that we live in today.
Contents
Foreword by Kurt Raaflaub ; PART I: THE QUESTION OF BEGINNINGS ; 1. A Most Unusual Case (I): The Co-Option of Antiquity by Medieval and Modern Europe ; 2. The Challenge of Freedom ; 3. A Most Unusual Case (II): The Formation of Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 4. The Constitution of Europe as a Part of the World ; 5. Greeks and Persians (I): Freedom and Rule: Atossa's dream ; 6. Europe and Asia in Antiquity ; 7. Antiquity as European Pre- or Early History ; PART II: THE RISE OF THE POLIS ; 1. A Post-Mycenaen New Beginning: Origins of Greek Particularity ; 2. The Dawn of an Era: The 8th Century BC ; 3. The Greeks and the Orient ; 4. Colonialism ; 5. Homer and Hesiod ; 6. Gods and Priests ; 7. Crisis and Consolidation: The 7th and 6th Centuries BC ; 8. Polis Individualism and the Pan-Hellenic Context: The Agonal ; 9. The Diversity of the Poleis: Sparta and Other Cities ; 10. The Wars ; 11. Polis Structure: Public Sphere and Institutions ; 12. Crisis: Aristocratic Battles, Outrage, Tyranny ; 13. Lyric Poetry: The Symposium and a Reorientation Toward Virtue ; 14. The Beginnings of Political Thought: The Middle Ones ; 15. The Beginnings of Greek Philosophy and Science ; 16. Athens' Path Toward Isonomia and Rise to Power ; 17. The Aegean World Around 500 BC: Greeks and Persians (2) ; Afterword
