Kostas Vlassopoulos

Unthinking the Greek Polis

Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2007 book challenges orthodox readings of Greek history centred on the polis and proposes a broader approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521188074
• ISBN-10: 0521188075
• Artikelnr.: 32733816

Autorenporträt

Kostas Vlassopoulos is Lecturer in Greek History at the University of Nottingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Defining the Contexts of Thinking about the Polis: 1. An archaeology of discourses
2. The ancient discourses on the polis
3. Making use of Aristotle: concepts and models
Part II. Rethinking the Contexts. The Polis as an Entity: a Critique: 4. East and West, Greece and the East: the polis vs. Oriental despotism
5. The consumer city: Ancient vs. Medieval/Modern
Part III. The Polis as Part of a Systeme-Monde: 6. The polis as a unit of analysis: poleis and koinôniai
7. Poleis and space
8. Poleis and polities
9. Poleis and time
10. Towards new master narratives of Greek history?