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02166aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 8BCAE952840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 170920s2018 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1509517936 020 $a 9781509517930 020 $a 1509517928 020 $a 9781509517923 035 $a (OCoLC)1004261117 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CDX $d ZYU $d ERASA $d SILO 050 4 $a PA3009 $b .M67 2018 082 04 $a 880.09 $2 23 100 1 $a Morley, Neville, $e author. 245 10 $a Classics / $c Neville Morley. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK : $b Polity Press, $c 2018. 300 $a v, 143 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 20 cm. 490 0 $a Why it matters 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-139) and index. 520 8 $a For generations, the study of Greek and Latin was used to train the elites of the western world. Knowledge of classical culture, it was believed, produced more cultivated, creative individuals; Greece and Rome were seen as pinnacles of civilization, and the origins of western superiority over the rest of the world. Few today are willing to defend this elitist, sometimes racist, vision of the importance of classics, and it is no longer considered essential education for politicians and professionals. Shouldn t classics then be obsolete? Far from it. As Neville Morley shows, the ancients are as influential today as they ever have been, and we ignore them at our peril. Not only do they have much to teach us about the past, but they can offer important lessons for the complex cultural, social and political worlds of the present. Introducing Polity's Why It Matters series: In these short and lively books, world-leading thinkers make the case for the importance of their subjects and aim to inspire a new generation of students. 650 0 $a Classical literature $x Influence. 650 0 $a Classical literature $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Civilization, Classical $x Influence. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210025742.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20181218010142.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BCAE952840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search