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- Book Title
- The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others [Paperback] Cartledge,
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0192803883
ISBN-13
9780192803887
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309703
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Greeks : a Portrait of Self and Others
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Ancient / Greece, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2003-265319
Reviews
'He adopts a lightly unusual approach and discusses the 'dominant' group -male citizens - in its relations with woman, slaves, barbarians and the gods. Itis an interesting approach.'Contemporary Review, 'Review from previous edition a useful antidote to British sentimentalityabout ancient Greece'Philip Howard, The Times, 'the lively and succinct development of many ancient nad modern arguments makes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates'Times Literary Supplement, 'lively, and very topical, book ... I know of no better book with which tointroduce this 'portrait of self and others' to students at the sixth-form levelor above.'Greece and Rome, "The lively and succinct development of many ancient and modern arguments makes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates"--Times Literary Supplement, 'Review from previous edition a useful antidote to British sentimentality about ancient Greece'Philip Howard, The Times'Paul Cartledge's sharp and unsentimental new introduction to [the Greeks'] mentality ... forcefully shows that freedom-loving citizens could live at ease among hordes of slaves.'Boyd Tonkin, New Statesman & Society'the lively and succinct development of many ancient nad modern arguments makes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates'Times Literary Supplement'lively, and very topical, book ... I know of no better book with which to introduce this 'portrait of self and others' to students at the sixth-form level or above.'Greece & Rome'He adopts a lightly unusual approach and discusses the 'dominant' group - male citizens - in its relations with woman, slaves, barbarians and the gods. It is an interesting approach.'Contemporary Review'With The Greeks Cartledge has achieved an up-to-date synthesis of Hellenic central concepts, thus furnishing teachers of ancient history and civilization with a valuable instrument, as I experienced in Greece when teaching European youth about their identity.'Mnemosyne'Cartledge's The Greeks is bracingly enthusiastic with inter-disciplinary influences and interests.'The Sunday Times'a study of the rise of a mentality, written in brilliant style, important, sometimes iconoclastic'Il pensiero politico, 'lively, and very topical, book ... I know of no better book with which to introduce this 'portrait of self and others' to students at the sixth-form level or above.'Greece and Rome, 'Cartledge's The Greeks is bracingly enthusiastic with inter-disciplinary influences and interests.'The Sunday Times, 'With The Greeks Cartledge has achieved an up-to-date synthesis ofHellenic central concepts, thus furnishing teachers of ancient history andcivilization with a valuable instrument, as I experienced in Greece whenteaching European youth about their identity.'Mnemosyne, 'Paul Cartledge's sharp and unsentimental new introduction to [the Greeks'] mentality ... forcefully shows that freedom-loving citizens could live at ease among hordes of slaves.'Boyd Tonkin, New Statesman and Society, 'Cartledge's The Greeks is bracingly enthusiastic with inter-disciplinary influences and interests.' The Sunday Times, 'the lively and succinct development of many ancient nad modern argumentsmakes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing andimportant debates'Times Literary Supplement, 'He adopts a lightly unusual approach and discusses the 'dominant' group - male citizens - in its relations with woman, slaves, barbarians and the gods. It is an interesting approach.'Contemporary Review, 'a study of the rise of a mentality, written in brilliant style,important, sometimes iconoclastic'Il pensiero politico, "The lively and succinct development of many ancient and modern arguments makesThe Greeksa welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates"--Times Literary Supplement, 'a study of the rise of a mentality, written in brilliant style, important, sometimes iconoclastic'Il pensiero politico, 'Review from previous edition a useful antidote to British sentimentality about ancient Greece'Philip Howard, The Times, 'Paul Cartledge's sharp and unsentimental new introduction to [theGreeks'] mentality ... forcefully shows that freedom-loving citizens could liveat ease among hordes of slaves.'Boyd Tonkin, New Statesman and Society, 'With The Greeks Cartledge has achieved an up-to-date synthesis of Hellenic central concepts, thus furnishing teachers of ancient history and civilization with a valuable instrument, as I experienced in Greece when teaching European youth about their identity.'Mnemosyne
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
938
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Prologue1. Significant Others: Us v. Them2. Inventing the Past: History v. MythEntr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others3. Alien Wisdom: Greeks v. Barbarians4. Engendering History: Men v. Women5. In the Club: Citizens v. Aliens6. Of Inhuman Bondage: Free v. Slave7. Knowing Your Place: Gods v. MortalsEpilogueFurther ReadingBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring how Greeks (adult, male, citizen) defined themselves in opposition to a whole series of others (non-Greeks, women, slaves, non-citizens, and gods) as presented by supposedly objective historians of the time such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Cartledge looks at the achievements and legacy of the Greeks - history, democracy, philosophy and theatre - and the mental and material contexts of these inventions which are often deeply alien to our own way of thinking and acting., This book provides an original and challenging answer to the question: 'Who were the Classical Greeks?' Paul Cartledge - 'one of the most theoretically alert, widely read and prolific of contemporary ancient historians' (TLS) - here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Many of our modern concepts as we understand them were invented by the Greeks: for example, democracy, theatre, philosophy, and history. Yet despite being our cultural ancestors in many ways, their legacy remains rooted in myth and the mental and material contexts of many of their achievements are deeply alien to our own ways of thinking and acting. The Greeks aims to explore in depth how the dominant group (adult, male, citizen) attempted, with limited success, to define themselves unambiguously in polar opposition to a whole series of 'Others' - non-Greeks, women, non-citizens, slaves and gods. This new edition contains an updated bibliography, a new chapter entitled 'Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others', and a new afterword., Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring how Greeks (adult, male, citizen) defined themselves in opposition to a whole series of others (non-Greeks, women, slaves, non-citizens, and gods) as presented by supposedly objective historians of the time such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Cartledge looks at the achievements and legacy of the Greeks - history, democracy, philosophy and theatre - and the mental and material contexts of these inventions which are often deeply alien to our own way of thinking and acting. This new edition contains an updated bibliography, a new chapter entitled "Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others," and a new afterword.
LC Classification Number
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