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Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity - Paul Fairfield

Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity

Historical Change

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Buch | Hardcover
266 Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-1481-0 (ISBN)
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This book examines the transitional periods of archaic Greece and late antiquity, the ostensible birth and death of the ancient west. The author argues that an interpretation of the social, political, and intellectual history of these important turning points brings to light some philosophical understanding of the dynamics of change itself.
Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity: Historical Change addresses the question of whether there is a logic of historical change, and whether the collapse of teleology should deter us from inquiring anew whether any recurring patterns and themes show themselves amid the complexity of historical life. Paul Fairfield argues that if any conception of universal history remains possible, it is one that rejects teleology and causal laws while identifying thematic tendencies that afford some semblance of unity, including the enduring phenomena that are interlocution, the struggle for predominance, and the endless back and forth that play out between them. This book examines the transitional periods of archaic Greece and late antiquity, the ostensible birth and death of the ancient west. Fairfield argues that an interpretation of the social, political, and intellectual history of these important turning points brings to light some philosophical understanding of the dynamics of change itself, observing that the transition from archaic to classical Greece was no miracle, while the end of the Roman era can no longer be conceived as a story of decline and fall. Rather, Fairfield posits, these were not complete breaks, but relative beginnings and endings in narratives that are ongoing. Scholars of philosophy, history, and anthropology will find this book particularly useful.

Paul Fairfield is professor of philosophy at Queen’s University.

Part I: Transitions

Chapter 1: Introduction: On Universal History

Chapter 2: Nomenclature

Part II: The Birth of the Ancient World

Chapter 3: A Miracle Story: On Social History

Chapter 4: Power and Reason: On Political History

Chapter 5: From Mythos to Mythos: On Intellectual History

Part III: Late Antiquity

Chapter 6: Civilizational Collapse? On Social History

Chapter 7: Decline or Transformation: On Political History

Chapter 8: Christianization: On Intellectual History

Conclusion: Marching in Place

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 161 x 229 mm
Gewicht 531 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-7936-1481-4 / 1793614814
ISBN-13 978-1-7936-1481-0 / 9781793614810
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