Name: the end of the past: ancient rome and the modern west (en Inglés)
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Author: Schiavone, Aldo ; Schneider, Margery J.
ISBN: 9780674009837

portada the end of the past: ancient rome and the modern west (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Aldo Schiavone

Traducido por

Margery J. Schneider

Editorial

Harvard University Press

Año

2002

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

288

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.2 x 14.7 x 1.9 cm

Peso

0.39 kg.

ISBN

0674009835

ISBN13

9780674009837

Categorías

Antiguo roma
Historia de roma

the end of the past: ancient rome and the modern west (en Inglés)

Aldo Schiavone (Autor) · Margery J. Schneider (Traducido por) · Harvard University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "the end of the past: ancient rome and the modern west (en Inglés)"

This searching interpretation of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided--was there a point at which Greco-Roman society took a wrong turn? And in what ways is modern society different? Western history is split into two discontinuous eras, Aldo Schiavone tells us: the ancient world was fundamentally different from the modern one. He locates the essential difference in a series of economic factors: a slave-based economy, relative lack of mechanization and technology, the dominance of agriculture over urban industry. Also crucial are aspects of the ancient mentality: disdain for manual work, a preference for transcending (rather than transforming) nature, a basic belief in the permanence of limits. Schiavone's lively and provocative examination of the ancient world, "the eternal theater of history and power," offers a stimulating opportunity to view modern society in light of the experience of antiquity.