The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism PUB20011201 ISBN-13: 9780060613839

ISBN-13: 9780060613839

she provides the early modern backdrop for the more frequently studied modern and postmodern notions of animality

helping to create a new academic field and founding institutions to establish it

especially those advancing the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) designed to alleviate dire poverty

The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism PUB20011201 ISBN-13: 9780060613839William Desmond, taking issue with typical assessments of the ancient Cynics, contends that figures such as Antisthenes and Diogenes were not cultural outcasts or marginal voices in the classical culture of the fifth and fourth centuries B. C. Rather, the Cynic movement had deep and significant roots in what Desmond calls "the Greek praise of poverty." Desmond demonstrates that classical attitudes toward wealth were complex and ambivalent, and allowed