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Moses I. Finley

    May 20, 1912 – June 23, 1986

    Sir Moses Finley was an influential classical scholar who fundamentally shifted the understanding of ancient societies. His work was characterized by a profound interest in the social and economic aspects of the ancient world. Finley rejected the application of modern economic theories to the ancient economy, instead emphasizing that status and civic ideology were the dominant driving forces in antiquity. His approach broadened classical studies from philology to a wider cultural, economic, and social context, laying the groundwork for anthropologically oriented research.

    Ancient History
    The Greek Historians. The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius
    The World of Odysseus
    Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology
    The Ancient Greeks
    History of the Peloponnesian War
    • 2014

      Antická a moderná demokracia

      • 179 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Útla, no obsahovo veľmi hodnotná kniha historika Mosesa I. Finleyho pozostáva z troch prednášok, ktoré autor predniesol v USA v r. 1972 a z dvoch neskoršie publikovaných statí, ktoré dopĺňajú rozšírené vydanie z r. 1984. Finley sa v nich pokúša rozvinúť diskurz medzi koncepciou demokracie ako ju chápali starovekí Gréci a jej modernými koncepciami, pričom poukazuje na to, že pochopenie fungovania jednej spoločnosti nám umožní porozumieť fungovanie spoločnosti inej, aj keď úplne odlišnej. Slovenské vydanie tejto práce uzatvára doslov prof. Alexandra Bröstla s názvom Sloboda je predpokladom demokratickej ústavy.

      Antická a moderná demokracia
    • 1989

      Dieses Buch gehört ins Reisegepäck jedes Sizilienurlaubers. Seine Autoren erzählen die Geschichte Siziliens und seiner Bevölkerung von den Anfängen bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Nur wenige Inseln erlangten jemals eine solche, durch die Zeiten fortdauernde Bedeutung. Immer wieder weckte ihr natürlicher Reichtum Begehrlichkeiten in fremden Ländern. Phönizier, Griechen, Römer, Araber, Normannen, Staufer, Aragonesen, Spanier und Neapolitaner kamen als Eroberer. Die Hinterlassenschaften dieser so unterschiedlichen Kulturen sind in vielen Fällen bis auf den heutigen Tag erhalten geblieben und faszinieren in ihrer einzigartigen Schönheit die Besucher.

      Geschichte Siziliens und der Sizilianer
    • 1987

      Ancient History

      Evidence and Models

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      In this study of Greek and Roman history, the author addresses the limitations imposed by the available evidence, stressing the fact that there is much that the modern scholar cannot learn by consulting the ancient sources. With emphasis on the fundamental importance of asking the right questions, he challenges the special status accorded to classical texts and exposes the flaws in the traditional approach to ancient history. He even goes on to suggest alternative methods for re-constructing history.

      Ancient History