Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674241411 Number of pages: 288 Dimensions: 210 x 140 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĪ chilling account of trolling, misogyny, racism, and bad history proliferated online by the Alt-Right, bolstered by the apparent authority of Greek and Latin Classics. "Traces the application-and misapplication-of classical authors and texts in online communities that see feminism as a threat." Their adoration of men like Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Ovid.is founded in a limited and distorted interpretation of ancient philosophy.lending heft and authority to sexism and abuse." "Zuckerberg presciently analyzes these communities'.embrace of stoicism as a self-help tool to gain confidence, jobs, and girlfriends. "Explores how ideas about Ancient Greece and Rome are used and misused by antifeminist thinkers today." Zuckerberg makes a persuasive case for why we need a new, more critical, and less comfortable relationship between the ancient and modern worlds in this important and very timely book." "A chilling account of trolling, misogyny, racism, and bad history proliferated online by the Alt-Right.
Not All Dead White Men reveals that some of the most controversial and consequential debates about the legacy of the ancients are raging not in universities but online. Its proponents cite ancient Greek and Latin texts to support their claims-from Ovid's Ars Amatoria to Seneca and Marcus Aurelius-arguing that they articulate a model of masculinity that sustained generations but is now under siege. A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekĪ virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women's empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization.
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