End of the Past - Ancient Rome and the Modern West

Aldo Schiavone

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Harvard University Press, 2002

0674009835 / 9780674009837

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The End of the Past ? Ancient Rome and the Modern West Aldoâ Schiavone ? Harvard University Press (2002) Crappy Old Books proudly presents this gritty, intellectual classic: a relentless, provocative dive into why ancient Rome really fell?and why its collapse still echoes in our world today. Instead of blaming "barbarians" or "Christianity," Schiavone, a top-tier Italian legal historian, argues that Rome collapsed from within ?strangled by its own institutions and economic system.   He traces the rot to: A slave-based economy that crushed technological progress and disdained manual labor . Institutional paralysis , with the Empire ultimately unable to adapt beyond its midâ2nd-century peak . A psychological and cultural rift between antiquity and modernity: a break so profound it rewrote the West?s future . With scholarly flair and no-nonsense clarity, Schiavone asks: Why didn?t Rome evolve into something resembling modern Europe? What made the rupture between the ancient and the modern so deep and irreparable? Clear-eyed, combative, and filled with bold claims, The End of the Past is essential reading for those who want history to take them somewhere uncomfortable?and come back changed. Why Crappy Old Books loves it We appreciate books that rattle the dusty foundations of accepted narratives?and this one does so with class. It?s a cerebral challenge wrapped in slick academic prose. No fluff, no fairy tales?just a fierce interrogation of civilization itself. Get ready to: Rethink the Roman slavers? economy not just as a moral failure, but as a systemic block to innovation. Reconsider the ?Fall? as not just decline, but the end of an era?one that left modernity?s door wide open. Encounter deep analyses of labor, law, culture, and the steam engine that never was. If you?re into history that doesn?t settle for clichés, The End of the Past will knock your toga off. Available now from Crappy Old Books?though don?t let the name fool you. Some old books are worth keeping. Like new condition.…

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Título
End of the Past - Ancient Rome and the Modern West
Autor
Aldo Schiavone
Editorial
Harvard University Press
Año de publicación
2002
Estado
As New
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0674009835
ISBN 13
9780674009837

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