Naoíse Mac Sweeney

The West

A New History in Fourteen Lives

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Produktbeschreibung

"A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"-the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times-is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 166mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 656g
• ISBN-13: 9780593472170
• ISBN-10: 0593472179
• Artikelnr.: 66229561

Autorenporträt

Naoíse Mac Sweeney is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Vienna, having previously held posts at both Leicester and Cambridge Universities, and been a researcher at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies. She has won numerous academic awards for her work on classical antiquity and origin myths, her previous book on Troy was shortlisted for a major prize, and she has appeared on BBC television and radio.

Rezensionen

One by one she takes on hoary old myths, explodes them with panache, and leaves us instead with a richer, fuller understanding of epochs, worldviews and fascinating individuals from the past... Lots of people will enjoy this clever and thought-provoking account Guardian