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Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians': Asymmetrical Concepts in European Discourse

Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians': Asymmetrical Concepts in European Discourse

Postoutenko, Kirill

Hardcover

Series: European Conceptual History, Book 8

General European HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1800736797
ISBN13: 9781800736795
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Oct 14 2022
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.43
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Forty years ago, German historian Reinhart Koselleck coined the notion of 'asymmetrical concepts', pointing at the asymmetry between standard self-ascriptions, such as 'Hellenes' or 'Christians', and pejorative other-references ('Barbarians' or 'Pagans') as a powerful weapon of cultural and political domination. Advancing and refining Koselleck's approach, Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians' explores the use of significant conceptual asymmetries such as 'civilization' vs. 'barbarity', 'liberalism' vs. 'servility', 'order' vs. 'chaos' or even 'masters' vs. 'slaves' in political, scientific and fictional discourses of Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. Using an interdisciplinary set of approaches, the scholars in political history, cultural sociology, intellectual history and literary criticism bolster and extend our understanding of this ever-growing area of conceptual history.

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