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WHO KILLED HOMER?
THE DEMISE OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND THE RECOVERY OF GREEK WISDOM |
| By: |
Victor Davis Hanson, JOHN HEATH |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0684844532 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780684844534 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER |
| Pub. date: |
7 April, 1998 |
| Description: |
An in-depth study of why the Greek point of view is crucial to a well-rounded education, "Who Killed Homer?" analyzes how and why it is vanishing from our present-day educational system. With straight-forward advice and reading lists, it is also a highly useful primer for anyone who wants more knowledge of the the classics. |
| Synopsis: |
"Who Killed Homer?" argues that if we lose our knowledge of the Greeks, we lose our understanding of who we are. With straightforward advice and informative reading lists, the authors present a highly useful primer for anyone who wants more knowledge of Classics, and thus of the beauty and perils of our own culture. For over two millennia in the West, familiarity with the literature, art, philosophy, and values of the Classical World has been synonymous with education itself. The traditions of the Greeks explain why Western Culture is so uniquely dynamic and why its tenets of democracy, capitalism, materialism, personal freedom, civil liberty, and constitutional government are now sweeping the globe. The failure of today's Classicists has meant that formal study of the origins of Western Culture is disappearing from American life at precisely the time when it is most needed to explain, guide, and warn the public about both the wonders and dangers of their own culture. This book explains what has been killed, who did it and why -- and how we might still save Classics and the Greeks for another generation. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The Free Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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