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by M. Gregory Kendrick

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The word "hero" seems in its present usage, an all-purpose moniker applied to everyone from Medal of Honor recipients to celebrities to comic book characters. This book explores the Western idea of the hero, from its initial use in ancient Greece, where it identified demigods or aristocratic, mortal warriors, through today. Sections examine the concept of the hero as presented in the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Special attention is paid to particular heroic types, such as warriors, martyrs, athletes, knights, saints, scientists, rebels, secret servicemen, and even anti-heroes. This book also reconstructs how definitions of heroism have been inextricably linked to shifts in Western thinking about religion, social relations, political authority, and ethical conduct.

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  • Title The Heroic Ideal: Western Archetypes from the Greeks to the Present
  • Author M. Gregory Kendrick
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 236
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Publication date 2010-06-08
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780786437863 / 0786437863
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 in (25.15 x 17.53 x 1.78 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Heroes - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010016513
  • Dewey Decimal Code 202.13

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About the author

M. Gregory Kendrick is a professor of modern European history and director of the UCLA Freshman Cluster Program at the University of California in Los Angeles.
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