We and They : Decolonizing Graeco-Roman and Biblical Antiquities.
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 pas...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus University Press,
2019.
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| ISBN: | 9788771849370 8771849378 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (153 p.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Series: | Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity.
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| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |