This collection of essays--the first of its kind in English--brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The essays give a history of the movement as well as a state-of-the-art account of the literary, philosophical and cultural significance of Cynicism from antiquity to the present.

Arguably the most original and influential branch of the Socratic tradition, Cynicism has become the focus of renewed scholarly interest in recent years, thanks to the work of Sloterdijk, Foucault, and Bakhtin, among others....

Mikhail Bakhtin's critical and theoretical experiments have inspired original work in the humanities and social sciences, butBakhtin and the Classics is the first book to focus on the relationship between Bakhtin and classical studies, the discipline in which Bakhtin himself was trained. Clearly demonstrating the fundamental importance of classical literature in his work, Bakhtin and the Classicsexpands our understanding of both Bakhtin's thought and the literary and cultural history of antiquity.
The authors, eminent classicists and distinguished critics of Bakhtin, put...

Mikhail Bakhtin's critical and theoretical experiments have inspired original work in the humanities and social sciences, butBakhtin and the Classics is the first book to focus on the relationship between Bakhtin and classical studies, the discipline in which Bakhtin himself was trained. Clearly demonstrating the fundamental importance of classical literature in his work, Bakhtin and the Classicsexpands our understanding of both Bakhtin's thought and the literary and cultural history of antiquity.
The authors, eminent classicists and distinguished critics of Bakhtin, put...