The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the...
We live in a modern age, but what does ‘modern’ mean and how can a reflection on ‘modernity’ help us to understand the world today? These are the...
We are all modern today. But modernity today is not what it used to be. Over the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by...
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
With contributions of scholars from Europe and North America, this book covers the representation of women in word and image in the context of...
The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks’ path to democracy and examine the connection between...