| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages). |
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| Series |
Cultural memory in the present
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Cultural memory in the present.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Piecework; 2. Thinking Barbarism Today; 3. It's All Greek to Me: The Barbarian in History; 4. A Positive Barbarism?; 5. Barbarism in Repetition: Literature's Waiting For The Barbarians; 6. Another "Kind of Solution" : Art's Waiting For The Barbarians; 7. New Barbarians; Afterword; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Since the 1990s, and especially since 9/11, these terms have become increasingly popular in Western political and cultural rhetoric-a rhetoric that divides the world into forces of good and evil. This study intervenes in this recent trend and interrogates contemporary and historical uses of barbarism, arguing th. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civilization.
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Civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boletsi, Maria. Barbarism and Its Discontents. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, ©2013 9780804782760 |
| ISBN |
9780804785372 |
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0804785376 |
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9780804782760 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804782768 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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