The First European : A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire / / Pierre Briant

• Autore: Briant Pierre
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (501 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 938/.0707204
• Soggetto topico: Hellenism - Influence; Hellenism - Historiography; History, Ancient - Historiography
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Intellectual life 18th century; Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C Historiography
• Altri autori: ElliottNicholas
• Note generali: "First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire européenne by Pierre Briant © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012."--Title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English- Language Edition -- Introduction: Fragments of European History -- I. A Critical History -- 1. History, Morals, and Philosophy -- 2. Alexander in Europe Erudition and History -- II. The Conqueror- Philosopher -- 3. War, Reason, and Civilization -- 4. A Successful Conquest -- 5. Affirming and Contesting the Model -- III. Empires and Nations -- 6. Lessons of Empire, from the Thames to the Indus -- 7. Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration -- 8. German Alexanders -- IV. The Sense of History -- 9. After Alexander? -- 10. Alexander, Europe, and the Immobile Orient -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire, Pierre Briant examines the revival and rewriting of the history of Alexander the Great in 18th-century Europe. To Enlightenment thinkers Alexander exemplified the West and Europe, especially in his role as the conqueror of Asia. Classical texts, ancient history, and the new science of archaeology were all deployed in the service of European empire-building. Alexander was of interest to a variety of scholars from different parts of Europe - moralists, philosophers, economists, geographers, historians, and cartographers. In the course of the long 18th century, an entirely new image of the Macedonian conqueror emerged, as the precedent of European political and commercial expansion overseas.--
• Titolo autorizzato: The First European
• ISBN: 0-674-97286-4; 0-674-97284-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154633303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II