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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b10747456.
- catalog contributor b10747457.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization Greek influences.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Homer is dead -- Thinking like a Greek -- Who killed Homer, and why? -- Teaching Greek is not easy -- What we could do -- Appendix: when all we can do is read.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 290 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Who killed Homer?".
- catalog identifier "0684844532".
- catalog isFormatOf "Who killed Homer?".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Who killed Homer?".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization Greek influences.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "480/.7/073 21".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Western Greek influences.".
- catalog subject "Classical education United States.".
- catalog subject "Classical philology Study and teaching United States.".
- catalog subject "Classicism United States.".
- catalog subject "Classicists United States.".
- catalog subject "Greek philology Study and teaching United States.".
- catalog subject "Homer Appreciation United States.".
- catalog subject "PA78.U6 H36 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Homer is dead -- Thinking like a Greek -- Who killed Homer, and why? -- Teaching Greek is not easy -- What we could do -- Appendix: when all we can do is read.".
- catalog title "Who killed Homer? : the demise of classical education and the recovery of Greek wisdom / Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath.".
- catalog type "text".