Moses Finley and politics /

Moses Finley (1912-1986) was one of the most widely read scholarly historians and journalists of his age, having grown famous with The World of Odysseus ; and he exercised a transformative influence on the study of the history of Greek and Roman antiquity. In this centenary volume distinguished anci...

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Other Authors: Cartledge, Paul, Harris, William V (William Vernon)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2013
Edition:1st ed
Series:Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 40
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • A Brief Introduction / W. V. Harris
  • Moses Finkelstein and the American Scene: The Political Formation of Moses Finley, 1932–1955 / Daniel P. Tompkins
  • Finkelstein the Orientalist / Seth R. Schwartz
  • The Young Moses Finley and the Discipline of Economics / Richard P. Saller
  • Moses Finley and the Academic Red Scare / Ellen Schrecker
  • Dilemmas of Resistance / Αlice Kessler-Harris
  • Finley’s Democracy/Democracy’s Finley / Paul Cartledge
  • Politics in the Ancient World and Politics / W. V. Harris
  • Un-Athenian Affairs: I. F. Stone, M. I. Finley, and the Trial of Socrates / Τhai Jones
  • Bibliography
  • Index