Modern Greek Lessons
A Primer in Historical Constructivism
Published on 19. November 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-691-00050-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 "margins of Europe" 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 "Western civilization" but instead in an increasingly diverse family of practices of reform.
Reviews / Votes
"Modern Greek Lessons seeks to invent a new form for expressing the complexity and ambivalence toward the past, toward Europe, toward the United States, and toward themselves that members of the educated Greek elite struggle with individually and jointly. This is an important contribution from a young scholar who will unquestionably be one of the leading voices of his generation."-Paul Rabinow "A skilled and compelling writer in the mode of the civilized sojourner. . . . Faubion deals brilliantly with a wide range of topics from contemporary Greek literature to sexuality."-George Marcus, Rice UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
28 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-00050-3 (9780691000503)
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Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
10/1995
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€233.95
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Person
James D. Faubion is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.
Content
AcknowledgmentsPreface: Terms And DefinitionsIntroduction For the Time Being: Some Notes on the Manners of Modern Lives3Pt. IReviewing Athens211Model Improbabilities: Athens at First Sight232Remembering and Remodeling: The Metaleptic Metropolis64Pt. IIAnother Modernity993Crossing the Threshold: Notes on Conflict at a Certain Greek Airport1014Sovereignty and Its Discontents1225"Everything Is Possible": Notes on the Greek Modern139Pt. IIIAfter the Colonels: Projects of Self-Definition and Self-Formation Since 19741576The Self Made: Developing a Postnational Character1597The Works of Margharita Karapanou: Literature as a Technology of Self-Formation1848Men Are Not Always What They Seem: From Sexual Modernization toward Sexual Modernity213Epilogue: After the Present242Notes249Bibliography271Index289