Ernest Barker

Classics, England-Britain, and Europe, 1906–1960

Bibliographic Data

ID7960945
AuthorsJulia Stapleton (Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume23
Issue2
Pages203-221
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolis The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-257X • E-ISSN: 2051-2996
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/20512996-90000093
OpenAlexW1972563605
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

Ernest Barker’s contributions to the study of classical political thought have remained a benchmark in that field for much of the twentieth century. This introduction seeks to place his output in historical context, examining the professional, political and personal factors which underpinned his success as an interpreter of Plato and Aristotle, especially. It considers his education, the popular nature of his work, his ambiguous relationship to the establishment, his English-British patriotism, his European connections and perspective, his dual career as a scholar and journalist, and his liberalism as central to the cultural authority he acquired in the first half of the twentieth- century. The introduction emphasises the close relationship between Barker’s ‘national’ status as a classical scholar, the methodological, democratic, and religious sensibilities that informed his work, and the deep sense of public mission by which he was moved, down to his last years. In doing so, it draws together themes which are explored more fully in the special issue as a whole

Context (archaeology · Democracy · Liberalism · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classics · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy, History, and Historiography

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