Ancient Persia in Western history : Hellenism and the representation of the Achaemenid Empire / / by Sasan Samiei
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| Autore: |
Samiei Sasan
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| Titolo: |
Ancient Persia in Western history : Hellenism and the representation of the Achaemenid Empire / / by Sasan Samiei
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 938.08 |
| Soggetto topico: | Hellenism - Historiography |
| Literary studies: general | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iran History To 640 Historiography |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Setting the Scene: Anthropology, Linguistics and Romantic Hellenism in Victorian Britain""; ""3. The Race-Culture Debate: 1900-1930's""; ""4. The Diffusionism vs. Evolutionism Theoretical Debate, Gordon Childe and the Prehistory of Europe""; ""5. Hellenisms Reassessed (1890-1940's): Part I""; ""6. Hellenisms Reassessed (1890-1940's): Part II""; ""7. Hellenisms and the Historiography of Ancient Persia""; ""8. Concluding Remarks""; ""Postscript""; ""Glossary"" |
| ""Notes""""Bibliography"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Ancient Persia in Western History is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic 'East' and the broadly enlightened 'West'. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ancient Persia in Western history |
| ISBN: | 0-7556-2396-7 |
| 1-322-63994-9 | |
| 0-85772-414-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910154888703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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