The Greeks and Their Histories: Myth, History, and Society
Hans-Joachim Gehrke
In this concise but stimulating book on history
and Greek culture, Hans-Joachim Gehrke continues to refine his work on
'intentional history', which he defines as a history in the
self-understanding of social groups and communities – connected to a
corresponding understanding of the other – which is important, even
essential, for the collective identity, social cohesion, political
behaviour and the cultural orientation of such units. In a series of
four chapters Gehrke illustrates how Greeks' histories were consciously
employed to help shape political and social realities. In particular, he
argues that poets were initially the masters of the past and that this
dominance of the aesthetic in the view of the past led to an
indissoluble amalgamation of myth and history and lasting tension
between poetry and truth in the genre of historiography. The book
reveals a more sophisticated picture of Greek historiography, its
intellectual foundations, and its wider social-political contexts.
and Greek culture, Hans-Joachim Gehrke continues to refine his work on
'intentional history', which he defines as a history in the
self-understanding of social groups and communities – connected to a
corresponding understanding of the other – which is important, even
essential, for the collective identity, social cohesion, political
behaviour and the cultural orientation of such units. In a series of
four chapters Gehrke illustrates how Greeks' histories were consciously
employed to help shape political and social realities. In particular, he
argues that poets were initially the masters of the past and that this
dominance of the aesthetic in the view of the past led to an
indissoluble amalgamation of myth and history and lasting tension
between poetry and truth in the genre of historiography. The book
reveals a more sophisticated picture of Greek historiography, its
intellectual foundations, and its wider social-political contexts.
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Année:
2023
Editeur::
Cambridge University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
184
ISBN 10:
1316519783
ISBN 13:
9781316519783
Collection:
Classical Scholarship in Translation
Fichier:
PDF, 1.13 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2023
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