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Moses I. Finley
Researcher at University of Cambridge
Publications - 88
Citations - 5449
Moses I. Finley is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Greeks & Bronze. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 88 publications receiving 5385 citations. Previous affiliations of Moses I. Finley include University of St Andrews.
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The Ancient Economy
TL;DR: For example, Finley as discussed by the authors argued that technical progress, economic growth, productivity, and even efficiency have not been significant goals since the beginning of time, and the states of the ancient Mediterranean world had no recognizable real-property market, never fought a commercially inspired war, witnessed no drive to capital formation, and assigned the management of many substantial enterprises to slaves and ex-slaves.
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The world of Odysseus
TL;DR: This article analyzed Homer's depiction of kinship and community, Helen and Hector, morals and values, Paris, Priam and the gods in the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey".
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The Ancient Economy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a collection of essays by M. I. Finley on the economy of the ancient Mediterranean world, with a new foreword by Ian Morris, which are just as electrifying today as when Finley first wrote them.
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Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology
TL;DR: In this article, the emergence of a slave society and the decline of ancient slavery are discussed in the context of modern ideology and modern slavery, and the history of the modern world.
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Politics in the Ancient World
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a bibliography of the literature on state, class and power, authority and patronage, popular participation, political issues and conflict, and ideology bibliography.