Résultats pour "Power" dans Antiquité

New York Times Bestseller One of the Guardian's "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" — "A modern feminist classic." From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power. At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one...

Step into the birthplace of Western civilization, where philosophy flourished, democracy was born, and empires clashed in epic struggle. Ancient Greece–Philosophy, Democracy, and War offers a gripping narrative journey through the most pivotal centuries of Greek history. From the myths of Homer to the logic of Aristotle, from the rise of city-states to the thunder of hoplite warfare, this book brings the past to life with cinematic storytelling and historical depth.

Long before the Greeks told tales of Olympus, long before the Norse imagined Valhalla, the people of ancient Mesopotamia were asking the questions that still keep us awake at night. Why are we here? What happens when we die? Why do the powerful rule and the weak suffer? This book is a journey through the oldest stories humanity ever wrote down. From the primordial waters of Tiamat to the desperate wanderings of Gilgamesh, from the first cities rising out of mud to the gods who demanded endless service, these myths shaped how an entire civilization understood its place in the universe.

AN NPR SUMMER READING PICK “A powerful and thought-provoking deep history of data and power, essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technological revolution now transforming our world.” —Jonathan Kennedy, author of Pathogenesis From clay tablets to the...

Over the centuries, gold had stirred the passions for power and glory, for beauty and security, and even for immortality. No other object has commanded so much veneration over such a long period of time. The most striking feature of this long history is that gold led most of the...

In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today's polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day conspiracists like Alex Jones, Reames breaks down the major techniques of rhetoric, pulling back the curtain on how politicians, journalists, and "journalists" convince us to believe what we believe—and to talk, vote, and act accordingly.

Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5000 years later.