Classical Learning in Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic, 1690-1750
Beyond the Ancients and the Moderns
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 11 June 2020
- ISBN 9780198861690
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 223x143x17 mm
- Weight 414 g
- Language English 10
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Short description:
Floris Verhaart examines how scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries defended the relevance of classical learning after the emergence of rationalism and empiricism called the authority of the ancients into question.
MoreLong description:
For much of western history, the achievements of classical antiquity were seen as unsurpassable, and works by Latin and Greek authors were viewed as treasure troves of information still useful for contemporary society. By the late seventeenth century, however, the progress of scientific discoveries and the new paradigms of rationalism and empiricism meant the authority of the ancients was called into question. Those working on the classical past and its literature debated new ways of defending their relevance for society. The different approaches to classical literature defended in these debates explain how the writings of ancient Greece and Rome could become a vital part of eighteenth-century culture and political thinking.
Floris Verhaart analyses these eighteenth-century debates about the value of classics, arguing that the Enlightenment, though often seen as an age of reason and modernity, in fact continuously sought inspiration from preceding traditions and ages such as Renaissance humanism and classical antiquity. The volume offers an interesting parallel with the modern day, in which the relationship between 'experts' and the general public has become the topic of debate and many academics, especially in the humanities, face pressure to explain how their work benefits society at large.
V.'s monograph nevertheless delivers a noteworthy contribution to the field in revising our understanding of the 'culture wars' of the period and in shedding new light on the development of Classics as a modern academic discipline.
Table of Contents:
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
The Construction of Humanism
Sex and Scholarship: Textual Criticism as an Instrument in the Struggle for
Scholarly Independence
The Quest for Civic Virtue
Conclusion
Bibliography
