Thucydides, Pericles, and Periclean Imperialism - Brossura

Foster, Edith

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ISBN 10: 1107692326 ISBN 13: 9781107692329

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

Edith Foster compares Thucydides' narrative explanations and descriptions of the Peloponnesian War in Books One and Two of the History with the arguments about warfare and war materials offered by the Athenian statesman Pericles in those same books. In Thucydides' narrative presentations, she argues, the aggressive deployment of armed force is frequently unproductive or counterproductive, and even the threat to use armed force against others causes consequences that can be impossible for the aggressor to predict or contain. By contrast, Pericles' speeches demonstrate that he shared with many other figures in the History a mistaken confidence in the power, glory, and reliability of warfare and the instruments of force. Foster argues that Pericles does not speak for Thucydides, and that Thucydides should not be associated with Pericles' intransigent imperialism.

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'Foster's book is impressively erudite and meticulous in its attention to detail.' Christine M. Lee, Journal of Hellenic Studies

Descrizione del libro:

Edith Foster compares Thucydides' narrative explanations and descriptions of the Peloponnesian War in Books One and Two of the History with the arguments about warfare and war materials offered by the Athenian statesman Pericles in those same books. Foster argues that Pericles does not speak for Thucydides, and that Thucydides should not be associated with Pericles' intransigent imperialism.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107692326
• ISBN 13: 9781107692329
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256