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Comparative Anthropology of Ancient Greece (Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia)

By Marcel Detienne

Book information

Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Year
2009
ISBN
0674021258, 9780674021259
LCC
DF78 .D459 2009
Open Library ID
OL22718208M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19399125 bytes)
Pages
140\140
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Comparative Anthropology of Ancient Greece looks at the anthropology of the Greeks and other cultures across space and time, and in the process discovers aspects of the art of comparability. Historians and ethnologists can pool a wealth of knowledge about different cultures across space and time. Their joint task is to analyze human societies and to understand cultural products. Comparative analysis involves working together in an experimental and constructive enterprise. Marcel Detienne, alerted by dissonances, tries to see how cultural systems react not just to a touchstone category, but also to the questions and concepts that arise from the reaction. What does it mean to found something, or rather to establish a territory, or to have or not have roots? What is a site or a place?

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