Morley N. Antiquity and Modernity

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. — 196 p.The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume.
Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences.
Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories.
Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud.Untimely Knowledge.
The Great Transformation: ancient and modern economics.
Before Alienation: the classical critique of modern society.
An Aesthetic Education: the failings of modern culture.
History as Nightmare: conceptions of progress and decline.
Allusion and Appropriation: the rhetorical uses of antiquity.