Barbarism and its discontents /:

Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Sin...

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1. Verfasser: Boletsi, Maria
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Cultural memory in the present.
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Zusammenfassung:Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Since the 1990s, and especially since 9/11, these terms have become increasingly popular in Western political and cultural rhetoric-a rhetoric that divides the world into forces of good and evil. This study intervenes in this recent trend and interrogates contemporary and historical uses of barbarism, arguing th.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index.
ISBN:9780804785372
0804785376

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