Classical Controversies - Beerden Kim; Epping Timo
Reception of Graeco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century
KORTE INHOUD
Modern receptions of Graeco-Roman Antiquity are important ideological markers of the ways we envisage our own twenty-first-century societies. An urgent topic of study is: what kinds of narratives – sometimes controversial – about Antiquity do people create for themselves at this moment in time, and for what reasons? This volume aims to showcase a number of illustrative examples, and thus to provide a deeper understanding of twenty-first-century reception of Antiquity.
After a general introduction in Part I, the volume focuses on two main fields: controversies referencing ancient and modern literary works; and controversies surrounding heritage ethics.
Part II takes literary evidence from the USA to Italy as its starting point: it shows how metaphors about early Christianity find their way into American conservative discourse; how Sparta is evoked in right-wing thinking in the USA, Germany, France and Scandinavia; and how Aeneas plays a role in recent Italian debates on migrations. The last paper discusses the ...
After a general introduction in Part I, the volume focuses on two main fields: controversies referencing ancient and modern literary works; and controversies surrounding heritage ethics.
Part II takes literary evidence from the USA to Italy as its starting point: it shows how metaphors about early Christianity find their way into American conservative discourse; how Sparta is evoked in right-wing thinking in the USA, Germany, France and Scandinavia; and how Aeneas plays a role in recent Italian debates on migrations. The last paper discusses the ...
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2022Uitgever: Sidestone Press210 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9464270365ISBN-13: 9789464270365Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Leiden, 2022. 233p. ills.(Full colour). Paperback. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BEEREN, K., and T. EPPING, (eds.),] [Uitgever: Sidestone Press] [Titel: Classical Controversies. Reception of Graeco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century.]
