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- catalog abstract ""Trojan Horses is Page duBois's answer to those who have appropriated material from antiquity in the service of a conservative political agenda - among them, Camille Paglia, Allan Bloom, and William Bennett. She challenges cultural conservatives' appeal to the authority of the classics by arguing that their presentation of ancient Greece is simplistic, ahistorical, and irreparably distorted by their politics. As well as constructing a devastating critique of these pundits, Trojan Horses seeks to present a more complex and more accurate view of ancient Greek politics, sex, and religion, with a Classics primer. She eloquently recounts the tales of Daedalus and Artemis, for example, conveying their complexity and passion, while also unearthing actions and beliefs that do not square so easily with today's "family values." As duBois writes, "Like Bennett, I think we should study the past, but not to find nuggets of eternal wisdom. Rather we can comprehend in our history a fuller range of human possibilities, of beginnings, of error, and of difference.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12065098.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Trojan Horses is Page duBois's answer to those who have appropriated material from antiquity in the service of a conservative political agenda - among them, Camille Paglia, Allan Bloom, and William Bennett. She challenges cultural conservatives' appeal to the authority of the classics by arguing that their presentation of ancient Greece is simplistic, ahistorical, and irreparably distorted by their politics. As well as constructing a devastating critique of these pundits, Trojan Horses seeks to present a more complex and more accurate view of ancient Greek politics, sex, and religion, with a Classics primer. She eloquently recounts the tales of Daedalus and Artemis, for example, conveying their complexity and passion, while also unearthing actions and beliefs that do not square so easily with today's "family values." As duBois writes, "Like Bennett, I think we should study the past, but not to find nuggets of eternal wisdom. Rather we can comprehend in our history a fuller range of human possibilities, of beginnings, of error, and of difference.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Whose Greeks -- 2. Their Greeks -- 3. Aliens -- 4. Sex -- 5. Democracy -- 6. Gods.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145) and index.".
- catalog extent "vii, 151 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Trojan horses.".
- catalog identifier "0814719465 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Trojan horses.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog relation "Trojan horses.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "880.9/001 21".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Classical Study and teaching United States.".
- catalog subject "Classical literature History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "Classical philology Study and teaching United States.".
- catalog subject "Conservatism United States.".
- catalog subject "Education Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Education, Humanistic United States.".
- catalog subject "PA78.U6 D83 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Whose Greeks -- 2. Their Greeks -- 3. Aliens -- 4. Sex -- 5. Democracy -- 6. Gods.".
- catalog title "Trojan horses : saving the classics from conservatives / Page duBois.".
- catalog type "text".