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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months ago
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Carol Atack deposited Politeia and the Past in Xenophon and Isocrates in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years agoBoth Xenophon and Isocrates use the past to analyse and comment on political problems of the present, and to provide authority for political programmes of the present and for the future, through connecting them to revered past figures and mythologies. For both, idealised versions of historical Greek communities provide a counterpoint to the…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited Politeia and the Past in Xenophon and Isocrates in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 5 years agoBoth Xenophon and Isocrates use the past to analyse and comment on political problems of the present, and to provide authority for political programmes of the present and for the future, through connecting them to revered past figures and mythologies. For both, idealised versions of historical Greek communities provide a counterpoint to the…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited Politeia and the Past in Xenophon and Isocrates on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Both Xenophon and Isocrates use the past to analyse and comment on political problems of the present, and to provide authority for political programmes of the present and for the future, through connecting them to revered past figures and mythologies. For both, idealised versions of historical Greek communities provide a counterpoint to the…[Read more]
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIsocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] -
Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIsocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] -
Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
Isocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] -
Carol Atack deposited “Cyrus appeared both great and good”: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agon this chapter, Atack argues that Xenophon’s depiction of the performance of kingship by Cyrus (Cyropaedia), Agesilaus (Hellenica, Agesilaus), and other kings contains an evaluative model that explores alternative techniques a ruler can use to persuade others to be ruled. By deploying frameworks of performativity and spectacle derived from J…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited “Cyrus appeared both great and good”: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agon this chapter, Atack argues that Xenophon’s depiction of the performance of kingship by Cyrus (Cyropaedia), Agesilaus (Hellenica, Agesilaus), and other kings contains an evaluative model that explores alternative techniques a ruler can use to persuade others to be ruled. By deploying frameworks of performativity and spectacle derived from J…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited “Cyrus appeared both great and good”: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
n this chapter, Atack argues that Xenophon’s depiction of the performance of kingship by Cyrus (Cyropaedia), Agesilaus (Hellenica, Agesilaus), and other kings contains an evaluative model that explores alternative techniques a ruler can use to persuade others to be ruled. By deploying frameworks of performativity and spectacle derived from J…[Read more]
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