Geopolitical shifts and economic shocks, from the Early Modern
period to the 21st century, are frequently represented in terms of
classical antecedents. In this book, an international team of
contributors - working across the disciplines of Classics, History,
Politics, and English - addresses a range of revolutionary
transformations, in England, America, France, Haiti, Greece, Italy,
Russia, Germany, and a recently globalised world, all of which were
accorded the classical treatment. The chapters investigate discrete
cases of classicising crisis, while the Introduction highlights
patterns among them. The book asks: are classical equations a
prized ideal, when evidence warrants, or linkages forced by an
implacable will to power, or good faith attempts to make sense of
events otherwise bafflingly unfamiliar and dangerous? Finally, do
the events thus classicised retain, even increase, their power to
disturb and energise, or are they ultimately contained?
Classicising Crisis: The Modern Age of Revolutions and the
Greco-Roman Repertoire is essential reading for students and
scholars of classics, classical reception, and political thought in
Europe and the Americas.
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