Classicising Crisis: The Modern Age of Revolutions and the Greco-Roman Repertoire

Geopolitical shifts and economic shocks from the Early Modern period to the 21st century are often represented in terms of classical antecedents. This book explores revolutionary transformations in England, America, France, Haiti, Greece, Italy, Russia, Germany, and a globalized world, examining whether classical equations are a prized ideal or linkages forced by an implacable will to power.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 30 July 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Geopolitical shifts and economic shocks, spanning from the Early Modern period to the 21st century, are often interpreted through the lens of classical antecedents. In this comprehensive book, an international team of contributors, drawn from the fields of Classics, History, Politics, and English, explores a diverse array of revolutionary transformations that occurred in England, America, France, Haiti, Greece, Italy, Russia, Germany, and a rapidly globalized world. These transformative events, accorded the classical treatment, are scrutinized in individual chapters, while the Introduction highlights common patterns among them. The central question posed by the book is whether classical equations serve as a valued ideal when evidence supports them, are imposed by an unyielding desire for power, or are sincere efforts to make sense of events that would otherwise remain enigmatic and perilous. Furthermore, the book delves into the question of whether these events, once subjected to the classical narrative, retain their ability to stir and inspire or are ultimately contained within the confines of historical interpretation. Classicising Crisis: The Modern Age of Revolutions and the Greco-Roman Repertoire is a vital resource for students and scholars engaged in the study of Classics, Classical Reception, and Political Thought in Europe and the Americas.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780815361770