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Love, Sex & Tragedy - How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives (Paperback, New ed)
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Love, Sex & Tragedy - How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives (Paperback, New ed)
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In "Love, Sex & Tragedy" Simon Goldhill lifts the veil on our
inheritance of classical traditions and offers a witty, engrossing
survey of the Greek and Roman roots of everything from our
overwhelming mania for "hard bodies" to our political systems.
Encompassing Karl Marx, Clark Gable, George W. Bush, Oscar Wilde,
and Sigmund Freud, Goldhill takes great delight in tracing both
follies and fundamental philosophical questions through the
centuries and continents to the birthplace of Western civilization
as we know it. Underlying his brisk and learned excursions through
history and art is the foundational belief, following Cicero, that
learning about the classics makes a critical difference to our
self-understanding. Whether we are considering the role of religion
in contemporary society, our expectations about the boundaries
between public and private life, or even how we spend our free
time, recognizing the role of the classics is integral to our
comprehension of modern life and our place in it.
"Confident, intelligent and assertive; "Love, Sex & Tragedy"]
stands up for 'classics' without apology, without snobbishness and
without conservatism."--Oliver Taplin, "Guardian
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"Goldhill . . . takes us through the looking glass into antiquity
and shows us some of the sights that he thinks most interesting and
informative. . . . Anyone who goes on the journey will be amused,
surprised, and enlightened."--Mary K. Lefkowitz, "New York Sun
""A passionate, witty, and broad-ranging exploration of the ancient
foundations of our world. . . . There is a widening gap between our
perceptions and the ancient sources. Goldhill closes that gap with
this lively and multi-layered challenge to assumptions embedded in
modern life."--Lizzie Speller, " Observer
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