In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age.
A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed earlier assessments. The current emphasis on multiculturalism has consciously deemphasized the Western, Greco-Roman tradition, and Nubians, Bactrians, and other subject peoples of the time are receiving attention in their own right, not just as recipients of Greco-Roman culture.
History, like Herakleitos' river, never stands still. These essays share a collective sense of discovery and a sparking of new ideas—they are a welcome beginning to the reexploration of a fascinatingly complex age.
A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed earlier assessments. The current emphasis on multiculturalism has consciously deemphasized the Western, Greco-Roman tradition, and Nubians, Bactrians, and other subject peoples of the time are receiving attention in their own right, not just as recipients of Greco-Roman culture.
History, like Herakleitos' river, never stands still. These essays share a collective sense of discovery and a sparking of new ideas—they are a welcome beginning to the reexploration of a fascinatingly complex age.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780520203259
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-520-20325-9
- Verlag: University of California Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.07.1996
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 1996
- Serie: Hellenistic Culture and Society
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
- Gewicht: 476 g
- Seiten: 293
- Format (B x H x T): 153 x 229 x 20 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt