Thucydides and Internal War

ISBN-13: 9780521780186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 424 str.

Jonathan J. Price

Opis

This book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war, and then shows how, by the terms of the model itself, Thucydides perceived and narrated the Peloponnesian War not as a conventional war but as an internal conflict. Viewing the great war as a destructive internal conflict had profound consequences for Thucydides' understanding of this particular war and all wars in general, and of Greece as a whole.

Recenzje

'… valuable insights on virtually every aspect of Thucydides' work.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. The Model of Stasis: 1. Beyond Corcyra; Part II. Logoi: 2. The transvaluation of words; 3. Hellenic states redefine the community of Hellas; 4. The failure of communication; Part III. Erga: 5. The 'greatest kinesis'; 6. The Peloponnesian war and stasis; Part IV. Thucydides and Hellas: 7. The archaeology, the Pentekontaetia and the Persians; List of works cited; General index; Index locorum.