Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean - Couverture souple

Gruen, Erich S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0892369698 ISBN 13 : 9780892369690

Editeur : Getty Research Institute,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

This is an illuminating collection of essays that explore the idea of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Cultural identity is a slippery and elusive concept. When applied to the collective self-consciousness among people or nations, it becomes all the more difficult to define or grasp. In recent decades scholars have focused on the 'other' - the alien, the unfamiliar, the different, perceived or conceived as the opposite - to highlight the virtues and advantages of the self. While this influential idea continues to hold sway, the time has come for a more nuanced and complex understanding of how the various societies of the ancient Mediterranean shaped their sense of identity. The twenty-four essays in this volume examine the subject from a variety of angles, encompassing a broad range of cultures: Greek, Persian, Jewish, Phoenician, Egyptian, Roman, Gallic, and German - and an impressive array of topics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Erich S. Gruen is the Gladys Rehard Wood Professor Emeritus of History and Classics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Getty Research Institute,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0892369698
• ISBN 13: 9780892369690
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 572
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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