We and They - Decolonizing Greco-Roman and Biblical Antiquities (e-bog) af n a
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The articles collected in this volume share a very similar goal: to decolonize our understanding of antiquity, thus allowing modernity to converse with antiquity without constraining the latter to be either the direct precedent or the thoroughly other of the former. It is certainly true that the past is a foreign country. However, history has repeatedly demonstrated that colonialism never contr...
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Undertitel Decolonizing Greco-Roman and Biblical Antiquities
Forfattere n a (forfatter), Jonathan Cahana-Blum (redaktør)
Udgivet 27 september 2019
Længde 153 sider
Genrer History
Nummer i serie 14
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse Vandmærket
ISBN 9788771849370
The articles collected in this volume share a very similar goal: to decolonize our understanding of antiquity, thus allowing modernity to converse with antiquity without constraining the latter to be either the direct precedent or the thoroughly other of the former. It is certainly true that the past is a foreign country. However, history has repeatedly demonstrated that colonialism never contributed to mutual understanding and constructive exchange of ideas, and that such is the dialogue we should strive forthwith our contemporaries as well as with our ancestors.