Main entry:

Galinsky, Karl, 1942-

Title & Author:

Classical and modern interactions : postmodern architecture, multiculturalism, decline, and other issues / Karl Galinsky.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1992.

Description:

xii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Classicism in Postmodern American Architecture. Classicism and Modernism. Three Pioneering Examples. The Conceptual Framework. Domestic Architecture. Commercial Buildings. Campus Architecture. Large Public Buildings. Some Implications -- II. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Are There Modern Parallels? Some General Definitions and Perspectives. "Decadence" Single-Cause Explanations. The Explanations of the Intellectual Historians. "Immoderate Greatness" and "Imperial Overstretch" America and Rome: Some Comparisons -- Appendix: 210 Reasons for Rome's Fall -- III. Reading Vergil's Aeneid in Modern Times. "Modern" and "Historical" Interpretation. Some Points of Convergence and Divergence. Aeneas and Modern Concepts of Masculinity.
Social Responsibility: Vergil, Aeneas, and Vaclav Havel. Distrust of Rhetoric in the Aeneid and Today. Internal Heroism and Strong Emotions -- IV. Leadership, Values, and the Question of Ideology: The Reign of Augustus. Some Views of Augustus. Leadership: The Moral Dimension. "Ideology" versus Pragmatism with an Ethos. Tradition and Innovation. The Moral Culture: Architecture and Art -- V. Multiculturalism in Greece and Rome. Some Definitions. Greece before Alexander. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Period. Rome. Multiculturalism Then and Now -- VI. Rome, America, and the Classics in America Today. America and Rome. The Role of the Classics in America Today: Some Observations. Life beyond Academe. Classics in Its Academic Setting.

Summary:

Postmodernism, multiculturalism, the alleged decline of the United States, deconstruction, leadership, and values - these topics have been at the forefront of contemporary intellectual and cultural debate and are likely to remain so through the 1990s. Participants in the debate can usefully enlarge the perspective to a comparison between the Greco-Roman world and contemporary society. In this thought-provoking work, a noted classics scholar tests the ancient-modern comparison, showing what it can add to the contemporary debates and what its limitations are. Writing for intellectually adventurous readers, Galinsky explores Greece and Rome as multicultural societies, debates the merits of classicism in postmodern architecture, discusses the reign of Augustus in terms of modern leadership theories, and investigates the modern obsession with finding parallels between the supposed "decline and fall" of Rome and the "decay" of U.S. society. Within these discussions, Galinsky shows the continuing vitality of the classical tradition in the contemporary world. The Greek and Roman civilizations have provided us not only with models for conscious adaptation but also points for radical departures. This ability to change and innovate from classical models is crucial, Galinsky maintains. It creates a reciprocal process whereby contemporary issues are projected into the past while aspects of the ancient world are redefined in terms of current approaches. These essays result in a balanced assessment and stimulating restatement of some major issues in both contemporary U.S. society and the Greco-Roman world. The book, which speaks to a wide interdisciplinary audience, is based on a series of lectures that Galinsky gave as a national visiting scholar for Phi Beta Kappa. It concludes with a discussion of the role of classical studies in the United States today.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0292770537 (alk. paper)
9780292770539 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Civilization, Classical.
Civilization, Ancient.
Civilisation ancienne.
Civilization
Antike
Architektur
Postmoderne
Rezeption
Zivilisation
Ästhetik
Klassieke vorming.
Bouwkunde.
Beïnvloeding.
Cultuur.
Moderniteit.
Klassieke oudheid.
Postmodernisme.
Receptie.
Classicisme (architecture) États-Unis.
Architecture moderne États-Unis Influence classique.
United States Civilization 1970-
États-Unis Civilisation 1970-
United States
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 92369
Call No.: ID:93-B643
Status: Available