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This searching interpretation of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided—was there a point at which Greco-Roman society took a wrong turn? And in what ways is modern society different?
Western history is split into two discontinuous eras, Aldo Schiavone tells us: the ancient world was fundamentally different from the modern one. He locates the essential difference in a series of economic factors: a slave-based economy, relative lack of mechanization and technology, the dominance of agriculture over urban industry. Also crucial are aspects of the ancient mentality: disdain for manual work, a preference for transcending (rather than transforming) nature, a basic belief in the permanence of limits.
Schiavone’s lively and provocative examination of the ancient world, “the eternal theater of history and power,” offers a stimulating opportunity to view modern society in light of the experience of antiquity.
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Author Biography
Aldo Schiavone is Full Professor in Roman Law at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, which he founded. He was its director from 2006 to 2010. In 2013 this Institut became part of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa - Florence.
He was Professeur Invité at the Collège de France, Paris, Senior fellowship, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Membership of the Insti- tute for Advanced Study (School for Historical Studies), Princeton, NJ, USA, and Directeur de Recherche invité at the EHESS, Paris.
He was columnist for the Italian newspaper ‘La Repubblica’ (1985-2011). He was awarded, on 2005, with the Gold Medal for Achievements in Education, Culture, Science and Art by the Presidente della Repubblica Italiana Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Since 2007 he’s Onorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Foreign translations:
Storia e destino, Torino, Einaudi 2007: French transl. Belin, 2009. Spanish transl. Amorrortu editores, 2014.
Ius. L’invenzione del diritto in Occidente, Torino, Einaudi 2005: French transl. Belin, 2008, reprint 2011; Spanish transl. Adriana Hidalgo Editora, 2009; American transl. Harvard UP., 2012.
La storia spezzata. Roma antica e occidente moderno, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1996 and 2002, reprint 2020 Giulio Einaudi Editore. American transl. Harvard UP., 2000, reprint 2002; Portuguese transl. São Paulo UP., 2005; French transl. Belin, reprint 2009.
Spartaco. American transl. Harvard U.P. 2013; French transl. Belin 2014.
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- Publisher Giulio Einaudi Editore
- Publication Date July 2020
- Orginal LanguageItalian
- ISBN/Identifier 9788806245290
- Publication Country or regionItaly
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 20.90 EUR
- Pages272
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleLa storia spezzata. Roma antica e Occidente moderno
- Copyright Year2020
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