Unthinking the Greek Polis - Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism

Klappentext This 2007 book challenges orthodox readings of Greek history centred on the polis and proposes a broader approach. Zusammenfassung This 2007 study explores how modern scholars came to write Greek history from a Eurocentric perspective and challenges orthodox readings of Greek history centred on the polis. It proposes an intriguing way of writing Greek history! by situating the Greek world within the wider Mediterranean and Near Eastern world-system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Defining the Contexts of Thinking about the Polis: 1. An archaeology of discourses; 2. The ancient discourses on the polis; 3. Making use of Aristotle: concepts and models; Part II. Rethinking the Contexts. The Polis as an Entity: a Critique: 4. East and West, Greece and the East: the polis vs. Oriental despotism; 5. The consumer city: Ancient vs. Medieval/Modern; Part III. The Polis as Part of a Systeme-Monde: 6. The polis as a unit of analysis: poleis and koinôniai; 7. Poleis and space; 8. Poleis and polities; 9. Poleis and time; 10. Towards new master narratives of Greek history?

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• Authors: Kostas Vlassopoulos, Kostas (Associate Professor in Greek Vlassopoulos, Kostas (Associate Professor in Greek History Vlassopoulos, Vlassopoulos Kostas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521188074
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18807-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Politics & government, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology