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Author Vlassopoulos, Kostas, 1977-

Title Unthinking the Greek polis : ancient Greek history beyond Eurocentrism / Kostas Vlassopoulos.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I Defining the Contexts of Thinking About the Polis 11 -- 1 An archaeology of discourses 13 -- 2 Ancient discourses on the polis 68 -- 3 Making use of Aristotle: concepts and models 85 -- Part II Rethinking the Contexts. the Polis as an Entity: A Critique 97 -- 4 East and West, Greece and the East: the polis vs. Oriental despotism 101 -- 5 Consumer city: ancient vs. medieval/modern 123 -- Part III Beyond the Polis: The Polis as Part of a Systeme-Monde 143 -- 6 Polis as a unit of analysis: poleis and koinoniai 147 -- 7 Poleis and space 156 -- 8 Poleis and polities 190 -- 9 Poleis and time 203 -- 10 Towards new master narratives of Greek history? 221.
Summary This text challenges orthodox readings of Greek history centred on the polis and proposes a broader approach.
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Subject City-states -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
City-states.
Greece.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Greece -- Historiography.
Historiography.
Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
Chronological Term To 146 B.C
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Vlassopoulos, Kōstas. Unthinking the Greek polis. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521877442 052187744X (DLC) 2008295151 (OCoLC)154682286
ISBN 9780511367694 (electronic book)
0511367694 (electronic book)
9780511482946 (ebook)
0511482949 (ebook)
9780521877442 (hardback)
052187744X (hardback)
0511366477
9780511366475

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