Trojan Horses (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Page duBois | knygos.lt

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We've become accustomed to the wisdom of the ancient Greeks being trotted out by conservatives in the name of timeless virtues. At the same time, critics have charged that multiculturalists & their ilk have hopelessly corrupted the study of antiquity itself, & that the teaching of Classics is dead. Trojan Horses is Page duBois' answer to those who have appropriated material from antiquity in the service of a conservative political agenda, among them, Camille Paglia, Allan Bloom & Wm Bennett. She challenges cultural conservatives' appeal to the authority of the classics by arguing that their presentation of ancient Greece is simplistic, ahistorical & irreparably distorted by their politics. As well as constructing a devastating critique of these pundits, Trojan Horses seeks to present a more complex & more accurate view of ancient Greek politics, sex & religion, with a Classics primer. She eloquently recounts the tales of Daedalus & Artemis, for example, conveying their complexity & passion, while also unearthing actions & beliefs that don't square so easily with today's "family values." As duBois writes, "Like Bennett, I think we should study the past, but not to find nuggets of eternal wisdom. Rather we can comprehend in our history a fuller range of human possibilities, of beginnings, of error & of difference." In these fleet chapters, duBois offers readers a view of the ancient Greeks that is more nuanced, more subtle, more layered & in every way more historical than the portrait other writers, of whatever stripe, want to popularize in our classrooms. Sharp, timely & engaging, Trojan Horses portrays the richness of ancient Greek culture while riding in to rescue the Greeks from the new barbarians.