Barbarism and its discontents
Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Sin...
| Основен автор: | Boletsi, Maria. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
2013.
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| Серия: |
Cultural memory in the present.
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Barbarism and Its Discontents. |
Съдържание:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Piecework; 2. Thinking Barbarism Today; 3. It's All Greek to Me: The Barbarian in History; 4. A Positive Barbarism?; 5. Barbarism in Repetition: Literature's Waiting For The Barbarians; 6. Another "Kind of Solution" : Art's Waiting For The Barbarians; 7. New Barbarians; Afterword; Notes; References; Index.