Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians'

Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians'
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9781800736801
ISBN-13 : 1800736800
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Book Synopsis Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians' by : Kirill Postoutenko

Download or read book Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians' written by Kirill Postoutenko and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years ago, German historian Reinhart Koselleck coined the notion of ‘asymmetrical concepts’, pointing at the asymmetry between standard self-ascriptions, such as ‘Hellenes’ or ‘Christians’, and pejorative other-references (‘Barbarians’ or ‘Pagans’) as a powerful weapon of cultural and political domination. Advancing and refining Koselleck’s approach, Beyond ‘Hellenes’ and ‘Barbarians’ explores the use of significant conceptual asymmetries such as ‘civilization’ vs. ‘barbarity’, ‘liberalism’ vs. ‘servility’, ‘order’ vs. ‘chaos’ or even ‘masters’ vs. ‘slaves’ in political, scientific and fictional discourses of Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. Using an interdisciplinary set of approaches, the scholars in political history, cultural sociology, intellectual history and literary criticism bolster and extend our understanding of this ever-growing area of conceptual history.


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