Greeks and Barbarians - Brossura

Vlassopoulos, Kostas

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ISBN 10: 0521148022 ISBN 13: 9780521148023

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

This book is an ambitious synthesis of the social, economic, political and cultural interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks in the Mediterranean world during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. Instead of traditional and static distinctions between Greeks and Others, Professor Vlassopoulos explores the diversity of interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks in four parallel but interconnected worlds: the world of networks, the world of apoikiai ('colonies'), the Panhellenic world and the world of empires. These diverse interactions set into motion processes of globalisation; but the emergence of a shared material and cultural koine across the Mediterranean was accompanied by the diverse ways in which Greek and non-Greek cultures adopted and adapted elements of this global koine. The book explores the paradoxical role of Greek culture in the processes of ancient globalisation, as well as the peculiar way in which Greek culture was shaped by its interaction with non-Greek cultures.

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Recensione:

'My favourite history book of the year so far? No contest: Kostas Vlassopoulos's Greeks and Barbarians ... This book sets a new agenda in the field.' Paul Cartledge, BBC History Magazine

'One of this book's most admirable qualities is that its own curiosity is as boundless as that of the Greeks it describes. Its range of reference is dizzying. ... comfortably the best general account of the topic in English (and one written accessibly for a wide student and general readership).' Thomas Harrison, Anglo-Hellenic Review

Descrizione del libro:

Provides the only existing synthesis of the political, social, economic and cultural interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks during the first millennium BCE. The book is heavily illustrated and assumes no prior knowledge from the reader, although its novel conceptual approach will also appeal to academics in various disciplines.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0521148022
• ISBN 13: 9780521148023
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416