Moses Finley and politics

Moses Finley and politics

by Cartledge, Paul Harris, William V., (William Vernon)

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Moses Finley (1912-1986) was one of the most widely read scholarly historians and journalists of his age, having grown famous with The World of Odysseus ; and he exercised a transformative influence on the study of the history of Greek and Roman antiquity. In this centenary volume distinguished ancient historians and Americanists analyse Finley's political and intellectual evolution, and attempt to understand the paradoxes of the young leftist and victim of McCarthyism whose work owes more to W…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Moses Finley and politics / edited by W.V. Harris ; Paul Cartledge [and seven others].

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Moses Finley (1912-1986) was one of the most widely read scholarly historians and journalists of his age, having grown famous with The World of Odysseus ; and he exercised a transformative influence on the study of the history of Greek and Roman antiquity. In this centenary volume distinguished ancient historians and Americanists analyse Finley's political and intellectual evolution, and attempt to understand the paradoxes of the young leftist and victim of McCarthyism whose work owes more to Weber than to Marx and of the young Jewish scholar (Moses Finkelstein) who distanced himself from Jewishness.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Leiden, Netherlands
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (165 pages) : : illustrations, tables

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004261693, 9004261699
  • DOI:10.1163/9789004261693
  • oclc:ocn961585426
  • LC Classification:PA85.F48
  • Dewey Decimal:938.007202

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