Greeks and Barbarians 9780415939591
Greeks and Barbarians examines ancient Greek conceptions of the "other." The attitudes of Greeks to foreigners
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English Pages 352 [353] Year 2002
Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
Abbreviations
Maps
General Introduction
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
THE ORGANISATION OF THIS VOLUME
PART I: SOURCES
Introduction to Part I
1 Herodotus the Tourist
2 Battle Narrative and Politics in Aeschylus' Persae
3 Greeks and Barbarians in Euripides' Tragedies: The End of Differences?
1 THE BARBARIAN: A REALITY ON STAGE?
2 THE BARBARIAN: A CHANT?
3 THE IMAGE OF THE BARBARIAN:REALITY OR FANTASY?
4 THE BARBARISM OF THE GREEKS
4 The Athenian Image of the Foreigner
1 THE DISTANT, THE PICTURESQUE, THE EXOTIC
2 EXPERIENCING THE OTHER
3 THE HOPLITE AND HIS DOUBLES
4 MYTHICAL USES OF THE 'OTHER'
PART II: THEMES
Introduction to Part II
5 When is a Myth Not a Myth? Bernal's 'Ancient Model
THE ANCIENT MODEL
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE ETHNICITY
DANA US
COMPETITIVE GENEALOGIES
ATHENIAN SOURCES
FLUIDITY OF ETHNICITY IN MYTH
ETHNICITY AS AN ARTICULATOROF ABSTRACTIONS
CONCLUSION: MYTH AND HISTORY
REFERENCES
6 The Greek Notion of Dialect
7 The Greek Attitude to Foreign Religions
I
II
PART III: PEOPLES
Introduction to Part III
8 History and Ideology: The Greeks and 'Persian Decadence'
I
II
III
IV
V
9 The Greeks as Egyptologists
WHAT IS EGYPT?
WHAT IS TRUE CIVILISATION?WHERE IS THE REAL CITY?
THE LAND OF RELIGION
PART IV: OVERVIEWS
Introduction to Part IV
10 The Problem of Greek Nationality
I
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII
11 Greeks and Others: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
12 The Construction of the 'Other'
1 GREEKS AND BARBARIANS
1 Cultural contacts and the sense of a common Greek identity
2 Geography, ethnology and anthropology
3 The politicisation of the Greek/Barbarian contrast
4 New horizons and old topoi
II EUROPEANS, INDIANS AND ORIENTALS
1 Aristotle and the Indians
2 Savages, Greeks and the development of civilisation
3 Oriental despotism and the Eurocentric image of history
Intellectual Chronology
Guide to Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
Abbreviations
Maps
General Introduction
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
THE ORGANISATION OF THIS VOLUME
PART I: SOURCES
Introduction to Part I
1 Herodotus the Tourist
2 Battle Narrative and Politics in Aeschylus' Persae
3 Greeks and Barbarians in Euripides' Tragedies: The End of Differences?
1 THE BARBARIAN: A REALITY ON STAGE?
2 THE BARBARIAN: A CHANT?
3 THE IMAGE OF THE BARBARIAN:REALITY OR FANTASY?
4 THE BARBARISM OF THE GREEKS
4 The Athenian Image of the Foreigner
1 THE DISTANT, THE PICTURESQUE, THE EXOTIC
2 EXPERIENCING THE OTHER
3 THE HOPLITE AND HIS DOUBLES
4 MYTHICAL USES OF THE 'OTHER'
PART II: THEMES
Introduction to Part II
5 When is a Myth Not a Myth? Bernal's 'Ancient Model
THE ANCIENT MODEL
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE ETHNICITY
DANA US
COMPETITIVE GENEALOGIES
ATHENIAN SOURCES
FLUIDITY OF ETHNICITY IN MYTH
ETHNICITY AS AN ARTICULATOROF ABSTRACTIONS
CONCLUSION: MYTH AND HISTORY
REFERENCES
6 The Greek Notion of Dialect
7 The Greek Attitude to Foreign Religions
I
II
PART III: PEOPLES
Introduction to Part III
8 History and Ideology: The Greeks and 'Persian Decadence'
I
II
III
IV
V
9 The Greeks as Egyptologists
WHAT IS EGYPT?
WHAT IS TRUE CIVILISATION?WHERE IS THE REAL CITY?
THE LAND OF RELIGION
PART IV: OVERVIEWS
Introduction to Part IV
10 The Problem of Greek Nationality
I
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII
11 Greeks and Others: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
12 The Construction of the 'Other'
1 GREEKS AND BARBARIANS
1 Cultural contacts and the sense of a common Greek identity
2 Geography, ethnology and anthropology
3 The politicisation of the Greek/Barbarian contrast
4 New horizons and old topoi
II EUROPEANS, INDIANS AND ORIENTALS
1 Aristotle and the Indians
2 Savages, Greeks and the development of civilisation
3 Oriental despotism and the Eurocentric image of history
Intellectual Chronology
Guide to Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
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