Sir Basil Markesinis
On the Endurance of Ancient Greek Thought Through the Ages
Broschiert, 15 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-3-7097-0035-8
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2014
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Six essays which discuss the genius of the ancient Greeks in writing about eternal issues and doing so in a way that allowed their ideas to be used by subsequent generations in a way that suited their own societal conditions and different aesthetic values. A short but wide-ranging and often perceptive account of a world of imagination, inventiveness, beautiful written style, and,, above all beauty of images, accompanied by a beautiful set of pictures chosen to compliment the text and offer pictorial insights into the mind and land of ancient and modern Greece.
Sir Basil Markesinis, sometime Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, and Professor of Law Emeritus at The University of Texas at Austin (after twentyseven years as Full Professor at that famous Law School) is one of Her Majesty's Counsel in the Law (hon.) and a Fellow (or Corresponding Fellow) of the Academies of Athens, Belgium, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Rome (Lincei) as well as a Member of the American Law Institute and the Athens Archaelogical Society. He has published in many languages (including Chinese) 45 books, over 160 legal articles and over 100 articles on geopolitics in many newspapers and journals. His work in international relations has been rewarded by the Presidents of France and Italy who made him a Knight Grand Cross of their respective Order of Merit and the German President, who awarded him the insignia of Knight Commander of the German Order of Merit. In 2005 H.M. the Queen made him a Knight Bachelor for his exceptional services to International Relations.
Sir Basil Markesinis was born into a family that, from his father´s side, was for over ten generations involved in politics, law, and the world of letters, first in Venice and later in Greece.
He holds a Doctor Iuris from the University of Athens, a Ph.D. and LL.D. from the University of Cambridge, and a DCL from the University of Oxford.
He is an honorary doctor of the Sorbonne as well as of the Universities of Ghent, Athens and Munich and has held tenured posts at the Universities of Cambridge, London, and Oxford. He currently holds the Jamail Regents Chair at the University of Texas.
As a scholar, Sir Basil has authored (or co-authored) thirty-three books and over one hundred and twenty articles. He has also written political articles for the Financial Times and The Guardian. He has given individual lectures or held seminars in over 25 Universities on three Continents.
His scholarly work has been recognized by his election as Fellow of the British Academy, a Foreign Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei of Rome, the Royal Belgian Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and as Corresponding Member of the Institute de France as well as the Academy of Athens. He is also a Member of the American Law Institute and a Bencher of Gray´s Inn. He was Knighted by H. M. the Queen and has received many high civic honours from the Presidents of France, Germany, Greece, and Italy, most recently the Insignia of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of France.