Hellenism Classical Modern Diaspora

Author : Andreas Sofroniou
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244103275
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book HELLENISM CLASSICAL & MODERN DIASPORA written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hellenic Diaspora (Dispersion) is the collective term for the process which began with the accelerated destruction of the captured Greek territories by the Roman Empire. Some Greeks interpret diaspora as exile, others as a positive aspect of Hellenism's ethnic and spiritual destiny, who remained loyal to their faith, ethnicity and homeland. The beheading of Archimedes was the beginning of the brain drain of Greeks to the Middle East, Asia and Northern Africa. The existence of these diaspora communities was also an important factor in the spread of Christianity. By the early Middle Ages Europe was the centre of Hellenic scholarship, but from the time of the Crusaders, anti-orthodoxy and the persecution of Hellenes begun. Eastern Europe welcomed Greek victims of persecution and by the 17th century Eastern Europe had become the diaspora's centre, until the massacres of the 1821 and 1915 by the Ottomans, thus many Greeks migrated to Germany, Britain and the USA.

Author : Katerina Zacharia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351931067
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Hellenisms written by Katerina Zacharia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume casts a fresh look at the multifaceted expressions of diachronic Hellenisms. A distinguished group of historians, classicists, anthropologists, ethnographers, cultural studies, and comparative literature scholars contribute essays exploring the variegated mantles of Greek ethnicity, and the legacy of Greek culture for the ancient and modern Greeks in the homeland and the diaspora, as well as for the ancient Romans and the modern Europeans. Given the scarcity of books on diachronic Hellenism in the English-speaking world, the publication of this volume represents nothing less than a breakthrough. The book provides a valuable forum to reflect on Hellenism, and is certain to generate further academic interest in the topic. The specific contribution of this volume lies in the fact that it problematizes the fluidity of Hellenism and offers a much-needed public dialogue between disparate viewpoints, in the process making a case for the existence and viability of such a polyphony. The chapters in this volume offer a reorientation of the study of Hellenism away from a binary perception to approaches giving priority to fluidity, hybridity, and multi-vocality. The volume also deals with issues of recycling tradition, cultural category, and perceptions of ethnicity. Topics explored range from European Philhellenism to Hellenic Hellenism, from the Athens 2004 Olympics to Greek cinema, from a psychoanalytical engagement with anthropological material to a subtle ethnographic analysis of Greek-American women's material culture. The readership envisaged is both academic and non-specialist; with this aim in mind, all quotations from ancient and modern sources in foreign languages have been translated into English.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789050630603
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Hellenic Diaspora from Antiquity to Modern Times, (Montreal, 17-22.iv.1988; Athens, 26-30.iv.1988): From 1453 to modern times written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Hellenic Diaspora: From 1453 to modern times written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : René Bloch
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004521895
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Ancient Jewish Diaspora written by René Bloch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen papers collected in this volume all tackle the complex cultures of Jewish Hellenism. The book covers a wide range of topics, divided into four clusters: Moses and Exodus, Places and Ruins, Theatre and Myth, Antisemitism and Reception.

Author : Natasha Constantinidou
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004402462
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Receptions of Hellenism in Early Modern Europe written by Natasha Constantinidou and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of modes of receiving and responding to Greek culture in diverse contexts throughout early modern Europe, in order to encourage a more over-arching understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of early modern Hellenism and its multiple receptions.

Author : G. W. Clarke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521354806
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Rediscovering Hellenism written by G. W. Clarke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian S. Moyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139496557
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism written by Ian S. Moyer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth century BCE to the early Roman empire. Beginning with Herodotus, he analyzes key encounters between Greeks and Egyptian priests, the bearers of Egypt's ancient traditions. Four moments unfold as rich micro-histories of cross-cultural interaction: Herodotus' interviews with priests at Thebes; Manetho's composition of an Egyptian history in Greek; the struggles of Egyptian priests on Delos; and a Greek physician's quest for magic in Egypt. In writing these histories, the author moves beyond Orientalizing representations of the Other and colonial metanarratives of the civilizing process to reveal interactions between Greeks and Egyptians as transactional processes in which the traditions, discourses and pragmatic interests of both sides shaped the outcome. The result is a dialogical history of cultural and intellectual exchanges between the great civilizations of Greece and Egypt.

Author : Boris Chrubasik
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019252819X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Hellenism and the Local Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean written by Boris Chrubasik and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellenism and the Local Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean offers a timely re-examination of the relationship between Greek and non-Greek cultures in this region between 400 BCE and 250 CE. The conquests of Alexander the Great and his Successors not only radically reshaped the political landscape, but also significantly accelerated cultural change: in recent decades there has been an important historiographical emphasis on the study of the non-Greek cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, but less focus on how Greek cultural elements became increasingly visible. Although the process of cross-cultural interaction differed greatly across Asia Minor, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia, the same overarching questions apply: why did the non-Greek communities of the Eastern Mediterranean engage so closely with Greek cultural forms as well as political practices, and how did this engagement translate into their daily lives? In exploring the versatility and adaptability of Greek political structures, such as the polis, and the ways in which Greek and non-Greek cultures interacted in fields such as medicine, literature, and art, the essays in this volume aim to provide new insight into these questions. At the same time, they prompt a re-interrogation of the process of Hellenization, exploring whether it is still a useful concept for explaining and understanding the dynamics of cultural exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean of this period.