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In This New Book, Salvatore Settis Traces The Ways In Which We Have Related To Our 'classical' Past, Starting With Post-modern American Skyscrapers And Working His Way Back Through Our Cultural History To The Attitudes Of The Greeks And Romans Themselves. Settis Argues That This Obsession With Cultural Decay, Ruins And A 'classical' Past Is Specifically European And The Product Of A Collective Cultural Trauma Following The Collapse Of The Roman Empire.--jacket. 1. The 'classical' In The 'global' Universe -- 2. Ancient History As Universal History -- 3. 'classicism' And The 'classical' : Retracing Our Steps -- 4. The 'classical' As The Dividing Line Between Post-modern And Modern -- 5. The 'classical' Amongst The 'historical' Styles And The Victory Of The Doric -- 6. The 'classical' Is Not 'authentic' -- 7. Greek 'classical' Versus Roman 'classical' -- 8. The 'classical', Liberty And Revolution -- 9. The 'classical' As A Repertoire -- 10. The Rebirth Of Antiquity -- 11. The 'classical' Before 'classical Antiquity' -- 12. The 'classicism' Of The 'classical' Period -- 13. Eternity Amongst The Ruins -- 14. Identity And Otherness -- 15. Cyclical Histories. By Salvatore Settis ; Translat

Author

Salvatore Settis

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780745635989

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Philosophy

Updated

2026-03-24