Europe Before the Mirror. Critique of Historical Representations
"Greeks" and "barbarians", "Christians" and "heretics", "backwardness" and "civilization" - where do these oppositions, on which the entire history of Europe relies, come from and why? A person defines themselves by gazing into the "others" and highlighting the traits that...
distinguish them from them. But when one accepts this image as true, they build representations of the surrounding world in accordance with that image. According to the Catalan historian Prof. Fontana (1931-2018), the established European identity is a sum of reflections in distorted mirrors, the result of a linear, simplified view of history.
"So what shall we do now, without the barbarians? For this would be at least some way out…"
Author: ФОНТАНА Ж.
Printhouse: Aleksandriia
Series: The Formation of Europe
Age restrictions: 16+
Year of publication: 2022
ISBN: 9785903445509
Number of pages: 256
Size: 20.5 x 13.5 x 1.7 mm
Cover type: Твердый переплет
Weight: 360 g
ID: 1255030
