{"id":14239,"date":"2019-03-29T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T10:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=14239"},"modified":"2019-03-29T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T10:14:27","slug":"neville-morley-classics-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=14239","title":{"rendered":"Neville Morley, \u201cClassics: Why It Matters\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Izdava\u010d Polity objavio je 2018. godine knjigu Nevillea Morleya, \u201cClassics: Why It Matters\u201d, profesora klasi\u010dnih studija i stare povijesti koji sura\u0111uje s hrvatskom historiografijom, o \u010demu smo ve\u0107 obavje\u0161tavali na portalu.<\/p>\n

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Classics: Why It Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Neville Morley<\/p>\n

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March 2018| Polity| 140 Pages|<\/p>\n

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Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For generations, the study of Greek and Latin was used to train the elites of the western world. Knowledge of classical culture, it was believed, produced more cultivated, creative individuals; Greece and Rome were seen as pinnacles of civilization, and the origins of western superiority over the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

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Few today are willing to defend this elitist, sometimes racist, vision of the importance of classics, and it is no longer considered essential education for politicians and professionals. Shouldn\u2019t classics then be obsolete?<\/p>\n

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Far from it. As Neville Morley shows, the ancients are as influential today as they ever have been, and we ignore them at our peril. Not only do they have much to teach us about the past, but they can offer important lessons for the complex cultural, social and political worlds of the present.<\/p>\n

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Introducing Polity\u2019s Why It Matters<\/em> series: In these short and lively books, world-leading thinkers make the case for the importance of their subjects and aim to inspire a new generation of students.<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Neville Morley<\/strong> is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of nine books, and blogs about classics at thesphinxblog.com.<\/p>\n

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