Ngô Viñh Long is a Professor of History whose work examines the complexities of East, South, and Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on rural development and the peasantry. His scholarship delves into the critical roles governments play in development, drawing on extensive research and teaching experience, including his time as a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam. His expertise spans the historical trajectories of economic progress and foreign relations in these dynamic regions since the mid-20th century.
A concise and accessible new account of the variety and subtlety of Greek and Roman philosophy of death and immortality, from Homer to Marcus Aurelius. Explores key figures, ideas and debates in Epicurean, Stoic, Presocratic and Platonic philosophy, and relates them to contemporary debates on the philosophy of death.