Background
Moulakis, Athanasios was born on July 11, 1945 in Athens, Greece. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Michael and Frosso (Nassiakou) Moulakis.
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In this exciting book, Athanasios Moulakis makes available, for the first time in English, the important essay How to Bring Order to Popular Government, by Renaissance thinker Francesco Guicciardini. In addition to his valuable and lucid translation of the essay, Moulakis provides an engaging analysis of this important work. He shows that, far from representing a revival of ancient republicanism, the long maturation of Florentine constitutional thought_brought to lucid expression by Guicciardini_points to a distinctly modern idea of the republican state. Republican Realism in Renaissance Florence is a unique and important book which will be of great value to historians and political theorists alike.
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(In hellenistischen Inschriften kehrt das Wort «homonoia» ...)
In hellenistischen Inschriften kehrt das Wort «homonoia» als stereotype Formel immer wieder. Athanasios Moulakis verspürte nun das Bedürfnis der Bedeutung, die dem Begriff in älterer Zeit vor seiner Erstarrung eignete, nachzugehen. Dabei gelangte er einerseits zu neuen Einsichten über die geistige und politische Krise der griechischen Polis, und gewann andererseits auch die Erkenntnis, dass «homonoia», die für Aristoteles schliesslich als spezifisch politische Form der Freundschaft die Substanz der politischen Gesellschaft darstellt, überhaupt zentrale Probleme der Existenz des Menschen in Geschichte und Gesellschaft tangiert. Folglich geht es in der Untersuchung nicht mehr um philologische Betrachtung, sondern um Auseinandersetzung mit einem politischen Bewusstsein.
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(Growing fears about declining American competitiveness ha...)
Growing fears about declining American competitiveness have underscored the urgent need for strengthening the study of humanities within specialised schools. In 1989, Athanasios Moulakis was asked by the University of Colorado to undertake a formidable task: developing an innovative programme called Humanities for Engineers. In order to address the problem of providing for the humane education of engineers, Moulakis was obliged to consider the larger purpose of "liberal arts education" and how that purpose relates to the education of professionals. In "Liberal Education for a Technological Age", he describes how his own approach to teaching can be applied to all areas of specialised professional learning. Moulakis forcefully develops the thesis that ours is a time in which both the hopes and fears of humanity are inextricably linked with the development and use of technology. He challenges us to educate ourselves and our young people for meaningful lives that acknowledge the value of and need for both. Providing a fresh look at the currently raging "education debate" between proponents of a rounded, humanistic education and those advocating specialised professional training, Moulakis discusses such topical issues as multiculturalism, the canon, and the dangers of parochialism in a global economic, political, and ecological system. "Liberal Education for a Technological Age" should be of interest to educators in the humanities and in the sciences to adults concerned with preparing today's youth for productive and fulfilling lives, and to industrialists who are attentive to the educational underpinning of competitiveness. This text is aimed at anyone concerned with the quality of life and the conditions of freedom in a technological age.
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Moulakis, Athanasios was born on July 11, 1945 in Athens, Greece. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Michael and Frosso (Nassiakou) Moulakis.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1969. Habilitation, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1979.
Instructor University Cologne, Germany, 1969. Assistant professor Ruhr University, Bochum, 1970-1978. Lecturer London School of Economics, 1978-1979.
Professor European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1979-1986. Guest professor University California, San Diego, 1986-1987. Research associate Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988.
Tutor St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, 1988-1989. Herbst professor of Humanities, director Herbst program University Colorado, Boulder, since 1989. Honorary research fellow University College London.
Fulbright professor philisophy, University Jena, 1997.
(In this exciting book, Athanasios Moulakis makes availabl...)
(Growing fears about declining American competitiveness ha...)
(In hellenistischen Inschriften kehrt das Wort «homonoia» ...)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Vice Chairman of the Board advisers American School, Florence, Italy, 1981-1983. Member Institute International de Philosophie Political (board directors), Hellenic Philosophic Society (correspondent), Circolo dell' Unione, Florence.
Married Eleanor Gail Durham, July 9, 1969. 1 child, Anne.