Classics and Class. Greek and Latin Classics and Communism at School

A precious document not only for the classicsts and historians but also for those interested in exploring a somewhat shady part of our modern history. Marcela Andokova . The achievement of the authors is in their presentation of people and their responses to the political and ideological reality fhreatening the foundations of European ciyilization and culture. Sylwester Dworacki Ań impressive glimpse into the peripeties of classical philology in the former socialist countries, as well as into tough and stubborn, often downright heroic resistance by teachers and professors of Latin and Greek, suspected and accused of clericalism, elitism, fruitless nostalgia, or worse. Kajetan Gantar A valuable insight into the intellectual history of this region. Gdbor Klaniczay