Democracy In Europe: A History of an Ideology - Couverture rigide

Canfora, Luciano

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405111313 ISBN 13 : 9781405111317

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day.

• Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe.
  
• Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century.
  
• Examines the twenty-year crisis from 1789 to 1815, when the repercussions of revolution in France were felt across the European continent.
  
• Explains how events in France led to the explosion of democratic movements between 1830 and 1848.
  
• Compares the different manifestations of democracy within Eastern and Western Europe during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
  
• Considers fascism and its consequences for democracy in Europe during the twentieth century.
  
• Demonstrates how in the recent past democracy itself has become the object of ideological battles.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Luciano Canfora is Professor of Classical Philology at Bari University, Italy. His previous publications include The Ideology of Classicism (1980), The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World (1989) and Julius Caesar: The People's Dictator (2004). He is the editor of Quaderni di Storia, Italy's premier history journal.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405111313
• ISBN 13: 9781405111317
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 308
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